The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning?

Safety nets in Africa are a popular policy instrument to address the widespread chronic poverty and encourage human capital investments in the education and health of children. Although there have been considerable analyses on the impacts of safety...

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Main Authors:	Ralston, Laura, Andrews, Colin, Hsiao, Allan
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NET CASH TRANSFERS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/436571511364314467/The-impacts-of-safety-nets-in-Africa-what-are-we-learning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28916

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spelling	okr-10986-289162021-06-14T10:09:00Z The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning? Ralston, Laura Andrews, Colin Hsiao, Allan SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SAFETY NET CASH TRANSFERS Safety nets in Africa are a popular policy instrument to address the widespread chronic poverty and encourage human capital investments in the education and health of children. Although there have been considerable analyses on the impacts of safety nets globally, particularly in Latin America, less been done on synthesizing results across Sub-Saharan African programs. This study fills this gap by systematically extracting and standardizing the results across impact evaluations for better understanding of what has been achieved using this policy instrument in the continent. The study finds that these programs on average have significant positive impacts on total and food consumption. The programs show promising results on asset accumulation, such as livestock ownership. However, there is substantial heterogeneity in the impacts achieved across programs for some development outcomes. Through exploring this heterogeneity in impacts, the study puts forward several suggestions for better targeting various development outcomes through modifications in the design and implementation of safety net programs. 2017-11-30T22:42:14Z 2017-11-30T22:42:14Z 2017-11 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/436571511364314467/The-impacts-of-safety-nets-in-Africa-what-are-we-learning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28916 English Policy Research Working Paper;No. 8255 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Policy Research Working Paper Africa Sub-Saharan Africa
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description	Safety nets in Africa are a popular policy instrument to address the widespread chronic poverty and encourage human capital investments in the education and health of children. Although there have been considerable analyses on the impacts of safety nets globally, particularly in Latin America, less been done on synthesizing results across Sub-Saharan African programs. This study fills this gap by systematically extracting and standardizing the results across impact evaluations for better understanding of what has been achieved using this policy instrument in the continent. The study finds that these programs on average have significant positive impacts on total and food consumption. The programs show promising results on asset accumulation, such as livestock ownership. However, there is substantial heterogeneity in the impacts achieved across programs for some development outcomes. Through exploring this heterogeneity in impacts, the study puts forward several suggestions for better targeting various development outcomes through modifications in the design and implementation of safety net programs.
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author	Ralston, Laura Andrews, Colin Hsiao, Allan
author_facet	Ralston, Laura Andrews, Colin Hsiao, Allan
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title	The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning?
title_short	The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning?
title_full	The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning?
title_fullStr	The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning?
title_full_unstemmed	The Impacts of Safety Nets in Africa : What Are We Learning?
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publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate	2017
url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/436571511364314467/The-impacts-of-safety-nets-in-Africa-what-are-we-learning http://hdl.handle.net/10986/28916
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