This paper investigates the long-term impact of Bangladesh's primary education stipend (PES) programme on a range of individual and household welfare measures using a unique longitudinal study spanning the years 2000-2006. Using covariate matching and difference-in-difference methods, the...

Conditional cash transfer programmes have expanded in developing countries as a way to foster human capital accumulation. Despite evidence of these programmes' positive impact on school enrolment, little is known about their impact on school achievement. This study estimated the effect of...

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes are being widely used in developing countries to reduce poverty and enhance children's human capital. Researchers have generally relied on ex-ante evaluation models to fine-tune existing CCTs or to design new ones. One of the main pitfalls is 'targeted...

This paper presents impacts of the pilot conditional cash transfer programme in Paraguay. The choice of outcomes of interest is based on the work developed by the family counselling component undertaken by social workers. Propensity score techniques are used to deal with the problem of...

Along with the other panellists in a session of this conference, the author was asked to discuss evaluation designs for three stylised interventions: conditional cash transfers, a transport sector programme, and an anti-corruption commission. This paper records his responses, and elaborates a...