The impacts of safety nets in Africa : what are we learning ? (English)

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...

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Ralston,Laura R.;

Andrews,Colin;

Hsiao,Allan Jer-Yu;
Document Date
2017/11/22
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS8255
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Africa,
Region
Africa,
Disclosure Date
2017/11/22
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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The impacts of safety nets in Africa : what are we learning ?
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Ralston,Laura R.; Andrews,Colin; Hsiao,Allan Jer-Yu.

The impacts of safety nets in Africa : what are we learning ? (English). Impact Evaluation series|Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 8255 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/436571511364314467

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