Social Protection
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Unemployment benefits are very effective in highly informal labour markets
Evidence from Mauritius shows the consequences of losing a formal job in a labour market characterised by high rates of informal employment are significant. Unemployment benefits help mitigate these effects, while generating only small disincentive effects on labour supply.
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Universal basic income in Kenya
What are the effects of a universal basic income in Kenya?
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Do ultra-poor graduation programmes build resilience against droughts? Evidence from rural Ethiopia
A relatively light-tough graduation model serves to buffer households - and women in particular - from the adverse effects of drought in Ethiopia
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Fighting urban poverty: Public works increase the welfare of the poor in Addis Ababa by 20%
A public works programme in Ethiopia improves welfare for the urban poor both directly for participants and indirectly through increasing private sector wages and improving amenities
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Empowering women in Tunisia through cash grants and financial training
A cash grant and training programme had a range of benefits for women in Tunisia, but only improved participation in income-generating activities for women who attended training without their partner
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Reforming India’s public works scheme raised incomes
Improving the payment infrastructure for India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme raised incomes — mostly through increases in non-programme earnings
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Unpacking multi-faceted anti-poverty programmes
Can you build sustainable income for the very poor with individual parts of multi-faceted programmes?
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Improving social assistance through data-driven targeting: Evidence from Pakistan
Data-driven targeting can make social assistance less subject to favouritism, more pro-poor, and more politically sustainable
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Building resilience through social protection: Evidence from Malawi
Resilience measures can predict choice of coping strategies, helping targeted cash transfers improve how vulnerable households respond to shocks