This study conducted a randomized control trial in rural Burkina Faso to estimate the impact of alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on education, health, and household welfare outcomes. The two-year pilot program randomly distributed cash transfers that were either conditional or unconditional and were given to either mothers or fathers. Conditionality was linked to older children enrolling in school and attending regularly and younger children receiving preventive health check-ups. Compared with the control group, cash transfers improve children's education and health and household socioeconomic conditions. For school enrollment and most child health outcomes, conditional cash transfers outperform unconditional cash transfers. Giving cash to mothers does not lead to significantly better child health or education outcomes, and there is evidence that money given to fathers improves young children's health, particularly during years of poor rainfall. Cash transfers to fathers also yield relatively more household investment in livestock, cash crops, and improved housing.
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De Walque,Damien B. C. M., Akresh,Richard, Kazianga,Harounan
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Document Date
2016/06/27
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Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
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Report Number
WPS7730
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1
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1
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2016/06/27
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Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Doc Name
Evidence from a randomized evaluation of the household welfare impacts of conditional and unconditional cash transfers given to mothers or fathers
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Keywords
Cash Transfer;conditional cash transfer;official primary school age;education for child;education child;nutritional status of child;impact on health outcomes;social safety net program;average number of child;cash transfer program;
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De Walque,Damien B. C. M. Akresh,Richard Kazianga,Harounan
Evidence from a randomized evaluation of the household welfare impacts of conditional and unconditional cash transfers given to mothers or fathers (English). Policy Research working paper,no. WPS 7730,Impact Evaluation series,Paper is funded by the Knowledge for Change Program (KCP) Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/944741467047531083/Evidence-from-a-randomized-evaluation-of-the-household-welfare-impacts-of-conditional-and-unconditional-cash-transfers-given-to-mothers-or-fathers