👋🏾 check out presentations, posters & photos from #TPNairobi23 workshop now up on our webpage! & much more to come on “Promoting Equity & Resilience: Cash Transfer Evidence for Action in a Poly-Crisis World” cc. @UNICEFSocPolicy @FAO @UNICEFInnocenti https://t.co/yvEaq814Oq

Using data from cash transfer evals in 🇲🇼 & 🇿🇲, authors find that ultra-poor rural households shift to more efficient fuel sources (fires ➡️ torches) after receiving 3–4 yrs of transfers. Read more about their findings here: https://t.co/1eVtzlNdgW

They'll review the evidence for and against, with the purpose of debunking ‘myths’ where appropriate. ▶️ Tune in: https://t.co/IjmELebpTE 📩 Subscribe to stay updated:

In this episode, our @TiaPalermo et al. unpack some of the biggest myths surrounding social protection systems and explore the real data behind the rhetoric. Over two episodes, they will run down some commonly held views and misperceptions about social protection.

🎙️ 🎧 New hashtag#SPpodcast Episode – Listen now to “Social Protection Myths and Misperceptions Part 1”: https://t.co/R0bwweqR08▶️🎧 Is social protection just a handout? Does it discourage work? Or are the systems plagued by fraud?

Impact of Ghana's LEAP1000 on birthweights 👉 https://t.co/I0SN9z6xbq LEAP1000 decreased LBW prevalence by 3.5 & 4.1 % pts overall and in the dry season. LEAP1000 increased avg BW by 94, 109, & 79 g overall, in the dry season, and in the rainy season respectively.

More of a visual learner? Check out our presentations via Slideshare. We have presentations ranging on topics from Women's Empowerment in Mali to Climate Action in Kenya, check them out here! 👉

From our partners at @FAO: Local economy-wide impacts of Tanzania's Productive Social Safety Nets ⏩ increased food security, money towards better living conditions, & human capital accumulation. Read more here ↪️

Key lessons from #CashTransfers - This article from our partners at @AIRInforms discusses how cash transfers improve the lives of low-income households and synthesizes findings to identify lessons for future program design 👇 https://t.co/oNvPrJinQa

Amazing story from @UNICEFMalawi! Liffa’s mother’s experience as a SCTP recipient helped support his educational successes and recent graduation from the Malawi University of Science and Technology 🎓 Read more about their journey:

#CashTransfers ➕ #Agriculture ➡️ Mostafavi-Dehzooei & Heshmatpour use data from Lesotho’s Child Grants Program to understand how cash transfers affect ag inputs + intertemporal choice ↪️CT households were 6 % pts more likely to use pesticides: https://t.co/HHvoDQA65Y

❕#DataSets❕ We have several publicly available datasets that can be accessed through the @UNCPopCenter Data Portal Check them out here 👉 https://t.co/PGpr9GO2yH

Curious about the connection between #SocialProtection and the impacts of COVID-19? Check out our materials on the economic (& other) impacts in the LMICs where we work! 👉

Social protection ➡️ safer transitions to adulthood #SocialProtection programs have the potential to reduce vulnerability in adolescents. Read more about interventions in 🇹🇿 by authors @JenniferWaidler, @UliGilbert, Aroldia Mulokozi & @TiaPalermo https://t.co/qRbC05btXj

From @EssaChanie, @TiaPalermo, F. Otchere, G. Angeles & M. Kibur – this study finds that community-based health insurance ⏫ outpatient service use in Ethiopia 🇪🇹 Read more about their insights here👇 https://t.co/XX9grqUOdz

Check out this video from our partners at @AIRInforms Hear more about how #CashTransfers are more effective than other types of humanitarian aid 🤝 Cost effective in reducing poverty, cash transfers give people more agency in how to spend their 💵: https://t.co/JmQV5hSUmQ

Check out findings from Silvio Daidone et al. on the impacts of Lesotho's Child Grants Programme 🇱🇸, in which local-economy spillovers amplify the benefit-cost ratio of cash transfers & productive interventions. Read more here 👉 https://t.co/GF5nZ4lwWm

#⃣5⃣ Countries spend an average of 1.1 per cent of GDP on child benefits. Scaling up these social protections ⏬ poverty & ⏫ development. Read more about social protection from @UNICEF here:

#⃣4⃣ In 2019-2020, 108 countries provided child and family benefits. Universal cash transfer benefits help relieve the cost of raising children & reduce the risk of program exclusion.

#⃣3⃣ #CashTransfers do make a difference. Positive effects include increased food security, health services uptake, immunization, and school enrollment & attendance. Beyond just cash, #CashPlus links recipients to further critical services.

#⃣2⃣ Nearly 2/3 of children worldwide don't have access to social protection programmes. Coverage rates vary greatly across regions.