We estimate the impacts of temperature on alleged and substantiated child maltreatment among young children using administrative data from state child protective service agencies. Leveraging short-term weather variation, we find increases in maltreatment of young children during hot periods. We...

Social protection for Africa's children / Stephen Devereux, Douglas Webb, and Sudhanshu Handa -- The case for social protection for children / Lorraine Blank, Stephen Devereux, and Sudhanshu Handa -- Reaching orphans and vulnerable children through cash transfers in sub-Saharan Africa :...

An important element of social protection systems are regulatory frameworks. The absence of a legal framework for social protection leaves individuals and communities in need exposed to arbitrary decision-making and political change. A strong statutory basis which recognises social protection as...

An important element of social protection systems are regulatory frameworks. The absence of a legal framework for social protection leaves individuals and communities in need exposed to arbitrary decision-making and political change. A strong statutory basis which recognises social protection as...