The COVID-19 pandemic and intra-household tensions in Africa

This study examines the impact of countermeasures, such as stay-at-home orders and school closures, on stress within households during the COVID-19 pandemic. In a phone […]

Work permits for refugees as social protection during polycrises: Evidence from refugees in Jordan during the COVID-19 pandemic

This paper studies the social protection of refugees during a pandemic. A pandemic adds to the many existing challenges refugees face, creating a dangerous polycrisis. […]

Building Resilience in Conflict Areas: Quasi-experimental Evidence from Borno State in North-east Nigeria

This paper provides novel evidence on the impacts of agricultural support programs in acute emergency settings, by studying resilience in mostly rural areas in the […]

Geographic poverty targeting in social protection programs: Evidence from a nationwide policy experiment

We examine how allocating a fixed social assistance budget across localities using different prioritization rules affects both beneficiary selection and program effectiveness. By simulating each […]

Cash and Conflict – Large-Scale Experimental Evidence from Niger

Conflict undermines development, while poverty, in turn, breeds conflict. Policy interventions such as cash transfers could lower engagement in conflict by raising poor households’ welfare […]

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