The last two decades have seen a rapid rise in social protection programs and studies that
assess their impacts on a large number of domains. We construct a new database of studies …

This paper brings together existing literature on the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural
Employment Guarantee Act (MGNRGEA) and the Public Distribution System (PDS) in India …

It has long been hypothesised that public works programmes, in addition to the welfare effect
on those directly employed, can influence equilibrium wage rates. In this paper we test the …

India s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is one of the largest public
works programs globally. Understanding the impacts of NREGS and the pathway through …

Purpose This paper aims to discuss the roles of social protection in reducing and facilitating
climate-induced migration. Social protection gained attention in the international climate …

We estimate the impact of the world's largest public works program, India's National Rural
Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS), on agricultural wages. NREGS was rolled out …

Empirical studies in different developing countries have investigated the impact of social
protection (SP) on ex-post poverty; however, few studies analysed the impact of SP on ex …

Introduction Iron deficiency anaemia (IDA) is a major public health problem in India and
especially harmful in early childhood due to its impact on cognitive development and …

We use a three-round, 4013-household panel from Andhra Pradesh, together with
administrative data and village and population census data, to explore the welfare effects of …

Cash transfers are a widely used policy instrument in Sub-Saharan Africa to shield
vulnerable populations from malnutrition. In this paper, we focus on the role of local food …