Objective The primary goal was to examine whether Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot
Scheme, initially implemented in a rural district in central Malawi, improved health outcomes …

Background The idea of providing all individuals with a basic income (BI) which is
unconditional, substantial, and regular is attracting increasing interest from policymakers …

Background This study takes on the challenge of quantifying a complex causal loop diagram
describing how poverty and health affect each other, and does so using longitudinal data …

Poverty, both absolute and relative, is associated with poorer health. This is of particular
concern in middle-and low-income countries facing a significant and growing burden of …

Objectives of the review Cash transfers have been increasingly adopted by low-and middle-
income countries as central elements of their poverty reduction and social protection …

In all wealthy economies, the least well off tend to have relatively poorer health, despite the
facts that they are typically living well above subsistence levels and that their income levels …

There is increasing interest in social protection programmes as a means of reducing poverty
and vulnerability. Social cash transfers form a part of social protection programmes, and …

Background Socio-economic variations in health, including variations in health according to
wealth and income, have been widely reported. A potential method of improving the health …

Background Through a review of the literature, we have observed that existing studies
primarily focus on defining and measuring poverty, identifying the factors that affect poverty …