This Campbell systematic review examines the effectiveness, efficiency and implementation
of cash transfers in humanitarian settings. The review summarises evidence from five …

The longstanding “cash versus food” debate has received renewed attention in both
research and practice. This paper reviews key issues shaping the debate and presents new …

Resilience is becoming influential in development and vulnerability reduction sectors such
as social protection, disaster risk reduction and climate change adaptation. Policy makers …

The COVID-19 pandemic has affected food security across the world. As governments
respond in different ways both with regards to containing the pandemic and addressing food …

This paper identifies several positive synergies between social protection programmes and
enhanced entitlements to food. One function of social protection is to manage or reduce …

The rapid spread of large-scale and innovative social transfers in the developing world has
made a key contribution to the significant reduction in global poverty over the last decade …

International animal donation programs have become an increasingly popular way for
people living in developed countries to transfer resources to families living in developing …

Poverty eradication and global warming are the two biggest challenges of our time. Yet they
are also inter-linked. While it has been widely demonstrated that climate change hinders …

Safety nets are expanding in African countries as a policy instrument to alleviate poverty and
food insecurity. Whether safety nets have improved household food security and child diet …

This paper uses qualitative and quantitative data from a survey of over 1200 rural
households in nine Indian states to explore the arguments for and against cash and in-kind …