Publications
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Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or...
FAO Technical Guide 2 - Integrating gender into the design of cash transfer and public works programmes
15 November 2018
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15 November 2018
Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or...
FAO Technical Guide 3 - Integrating gender into implementation and monitoring and evaluation of cash transfer and public works programmes
15 November 2018
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15 November 2018
Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or recipients of benefits. Extending social protection to rural populations has great potential for fostering rural women’s...
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Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture
Country: Lesotho
This in-depth qualitative study in Lesotho examines the impacts of linkages between the Lesotho Child Grants Programme (CGP), the second largest national social protection programme supporting poor...
Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
10 October 2018
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10 October 2018
This paper summarizes evidence on six perceptions associated with cash transfer programming, using eight rigorous evaluations conducted on large-scale government unconditional cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa under the Transfer Project. Specifically, it investigates if...