Over the last decade, Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have become one of the most widely adopted anti-poverty initiatives in the developing world. Inspired particularly by Mexico's successful program, CCTs are viewed as an effective way to provide basic income support while building...

This paper evaluates the effects of interventions based on behavioral science on measures of early childhood socio-cognitive development (and related household-level outcomes) for children from households receiving cash transfers in Madagascar, using a multi-arm cluster-randomized trial. Three...

Este libro pretende ser una introduccion accesible al tema de la evaluacion de impacto y a como aplicarla al ambito del desarrollo. Este tipo de evaluaciones sirve para determinar si un programa ha logrado o no los resultados previstos, y para explorar si existen estrategias alternativas con las...

Ce manuel constitue une introduction accessible a l'evaluation d'impact et a sa pratique dans le domaine du developpement. Il est principalement destine aux professionnels du developpement et aux decideurs, mais peut egalement etre utile aux etudiants et a toute personne interessee a...

This paper assesses how household context and characteristics shape the welfare trajectory and more specifically the accumulation of productive assets among beneficiaries of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme in Rwanda, the government's flagship social assistance program. The analysis is based...