A systematic review and meta-analysis of the impact of cash transfers on subjective well-being and mental health in low-and middle-income countries

J McGuire, C Kaiser, AM Bach-Mortensen - Nature Human Behaviour, 2022 - nature.com
Cash transfers (CTs) are increasingly recognized as a scalable intervention to alleviate
financial hardship. A large body of evidence evaluates the impact of CTs on subjective well …

A review of mental health disparities during COVID-19: Evidence, mechanisms, and policy recommendations for promoting societal resilience

AM Parenteau, CJ Boyer, LJ Campos… - Development and …, 2022 - cambridge.org
Social and economic inequality are chronic stressors that continually erode the mental and
physical health of marginalized groups, undermining overall societal resilience. In this …

A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low-and middle-income countries

AM Buller, A Peterman, M Ranganathan… - The World Bank …, 2018 - academic.oup.com
There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner
violence (IPV). However, little is known about how CTs achieve this impact. We conducted a …

The public health effects of interventions similar to basic income: a scoping review

M Gibson, W Hearty, P Craig - The Lancet Public Health, 2020 - thelancet.com
Universal, unconditional basic income is attracting increasing policy and academic interest.
Income is a key health determinant, and a basic income could affect health through its effect …

Cash transfers and labor supply: Evidence from a large-scale program in Iran

D Salehi-Isfahani, MH Mostafavi-Dehzooei - Journal of Development …, 2018 - Elsevier
This paper examines the impact of a national cash transfer program on labor supply in Iran.
In 2011, Iran started monthly deposits of cash into individual accounts covering more than …

Social protection in the developing world

A Banerjee, R Hanna, BA Olken, DS Lisker - 2024 - nber.org
Social protection programs have become increasingly widespread in low-and middle-
income countries, with their own distinct characteristics to match the environments in which …

Fake news and sustainability-focused innovations: A review of the literature and an agenda for future research

PN Vasist, S Krishnan - Journal of Cleaner Production, 2023 - Elsevier
Sustainability research has witnessed significant growth over the past three decades, owing
to the multiplicity of concerns and innovations to address them. Fake news, on the other …

[HTML][HTML] Pathways from food insecurity to intimate partner violence perpetration among peri-urban men in South Africa

AM Hatcher, H Stöckl, RS McBride, M Khumalo… - American journal of …, 2019 - Elsevier
Introduction Although poverty is sometimes seen as a driver of intimate partner violence
victimization, less is known about how it intersects with men's violence perpetration. Food …

Unconditional cash transfers, child labour and education: theory and evidence

SA Churchill, N Iqbal, S Nawaz, SL Yew - Journal of Economic Behavior & …, 2021 - Elsevier
We examine the impact of unconditional cash transfers (UCTs) on child labour and
educational outcomes. We first develop a simple theoretical model where we explore how …

More evidence on the impact of government social protection in sub‐Saharan Africa: Ghana, Malawi, and Zimbabwe

S Handa, F Otchere, P Sirma… - Development Policy …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Summary Motivation Governments in sub‐Saharan Africa (SSA) have rapidly expanded
cash transfer programmes as part of their social protection strategy over the last decade …