, the largest social protection program in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa, on schooling and child labor. Income … from Public Works should reduce demand for child labor and increase schooling. However, Public Works labor requirements may … induce a substitution of child labor for adult labor at home and in income-generating activities, possibly reducing schooling …

could improve child nutrition. In this paper, we examine the impact of the PSNP on children's nutritional status over the …-scores, wasting). While we cannot definitively identify the reason for this nonresult, we note that child diet quality is poor. We … find no evidence that the PSNP improves child consumption of pulses, oils, fruits, vegetables, dairy products, or animal …

Economists often default to the assumption that cash is always preferable to an in-kind transfer. Do beneficiaries feel … prefer their payments only or partly in food. Higher food prices induce shifts in stated preferences towards in-kind …