Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015

The Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, convened by SecureNutrition and the Russian Federation, brought together 150 donors, implementers, and country leaders to identify practical ways to link the nutrition and social protection agendas. This background paper served...

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Main Author:	Alderman, Harold
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
Subjects:	cash transfers subsidies social protection conditional cash transfer nutrition
Online Access:	http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24450

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spelling	okr-10986-244502021-05-25T08:48:41Z Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015 Alderman, Harold cash transfers subsidies social protection conditional cash transfer nutrition The Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, convened by SecureNutrition and the Russian Federation, brought together 150 donors, implementers, and country leaders to identify practical ways to link the nutrition and social protection agendas. This background paper served as a springboard for discussion at the Global Forum, and represents a synthesis of evidence from nearly 120 references with a heavy focus on program evaluations. This paper finds that social protection transfers tend to increase household budget devoted to food—often more than other income sources—and highlights evidence that transfers can change diet composition and quality. 2016-06-07T20:21:12Z 2016-06-07T20:21:12Z 2016-06-07 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/10986/24450 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper
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spellingShingle	cash transfers subsidies social protection conditional cash transfer nutrition Alderman, Harold Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
description	The Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, convened by SecureNutrition and the Russian Federation, brought together 150 donors, implementers, and country leaders to identify practical ways to link the nutrition and social protection agendas. This background paper served as a springboard for discussion at the Global Forum, and represents a synthesis of evidence from nearly 120 references with a heavy focus on program evaluations. This paper finds that social protection transfers tend to increase household budget devoted to food—often more than other income sources—and highlights evidence that transfers can change diet composition and quality.
format	Working Paper
author	Alderman, Harold
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title	Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
title_short	Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
title_full	Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
title_fullStr	Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
title_full_unstemmed	Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015
title_sort	leveraging social protection programs for improved nutrition : summary of evidence prepared for the global forum on nutrition-sensitive social protection programs, 2015
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2016
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Leveraging Social Protection Programs for Improved Nutrition : Summary of Evidence Prepared for the Global Forum on Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Programs, 2015

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