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

'Basic Income is an idea whose time has come, and Guy Standing has pioneered our
understanding of it... as we move into an age where work and leisure become blurred, and …

The basic economic model of labor supply has a very clear prediction of what we should
expect when an adult receives an unexpected cash windfall: they should work less and earn …

The vast majority of refugees globally are hosted in developing countries. In Jordan and
Lebanon, nearly one in ten people are refugees. This paper reviews how different policy …

Forcibly displaced children are at risk of a range of negative outcomes, yet little is known
about how to support war-affected caregivers in promoting children's psychosocial …

We introduce an adaptive targeted treatment assignment methodology for field experiments.
Our Tempered Thompson Algorithm balances the goals of maximizing the precision of …

Objectives This study is a rigorous review of evidence found in the literature that shows
which interventions promote educational access, quality of learning, and wellbeing among …

Many (though by no means all) of the questions that development economists and policy
makers ask themselves are causal in nature: What would be the impact of adding computers …

In the face of increasing climate volatility and stretched aid budgets, more effective ways to
support households in times of crisis are needed. This paper examines the welfare impact of …

We evaluate the impact of the Emergency Social Safety Net (ESSN) in Turkey, the largest
cash transfer program for international refugees in the world. We provide prima facie …