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This report synthesizes the analysis and findings of a set of seven country impact evaluation studies that explore the impact of cash transfer programmes on household economic decision-making, productive activities and labour allocation in sub-Saharan...
Cash transfer programmes for managing climate risk: evidence from a randomized experiment in Zambia
03 April 2017
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03 April 2017
Country: Zambia
FAO Social Protection Framework
03 April 2017
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03 April 2017
FAO Social Protection Framework presents the Organization’s vision and approach to social protection. FAO recognizes the critical role social protection plays in furthering and accelerating progress around food security and nutrition, agriculture development, rural poverty...
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Country: Malawi
The Government of Malawi is currently reviewing the Farm Input Subsidy Programme (FISP), which was initiated in 2005/2006, as a programme to combat poverty and food insecurity. This paper is intended to inform the FISP...
Combined effects and synergies between agricultural and social protection interventions: What is the evidence so far?
01 March 2017
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01 March 2017
Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture
This review analyses and summarizes impact evaluation findings that focus on the interaction between agricultural interventions (including rural extension services, rural development, natural resource management, access to markets, subsidized credit, investment grants, access to improved...