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Cash or In-Kind Transfers: Do Outcomes Vary According to Transfer Modality?

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dc.contributor.authorWorld Bank
dc.contributor.authorInnovations for Poverty Action
dc.date.accessioned2024-06-14T19:28:26Z
dc.date.available2024-06-14T19:28:26Z
dc.date.issued2024-06-14
dc.description.abstractAs a part of “Evidence at Your Fingertips Series”, this note summarizes how the transfer modality can affect outcomes based on a literature review of impact evaluations published in the past decade. In general, cash transfers appear to be more effective than in-kind transfers or vouchers at improving a range of outcomes, including decreasing monetary poverty, improving health and nutrition, and increasing food security, across diverse country contexts, program objectives, and design features. However, identifying a superior modality can be challenging due to the heterogeneity in context, program design, and objectives of the studies reviewed, despite evidence generally favoring the effectiveness of cash transfers and acknowledging the enhanced effectiveness of a combination of modalities, referred to as cash plus, in specific cases. For example, in-kind transfers may be preferred when the markets are not functioning, have limited stock, or when programs are designed to influence behaviors, such as consumption patterns, or provide basic needs in the face of crises. en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099061324164589834/P176585165b94509e194f51bf12e52f9dbb
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/41714
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41714
dc.languageEnglish
dc.language.isoen_US
dc.publisherWashington, DC: World Bank
dc.relation.ispartofseriesSocial Protection and Jobs Policy and Technical Note; No.32; Evidence at Your Fingertips Series
dc.rightsCC BY-NC 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/igo
dc.subjectCASH TRANSFERS
dc.subjectTRANSFER MODALITY
dc.subjectIN-KIND TRANSFER
dc.titleCash or In-Kind Transfersen
dc.title.subtitleDo Outcomes Vary According to Transfer Modality?en
dc.typePolicy Note
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okr.associatedcontenthttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/41715 Link to the “Evidence at Your Fingertips Series”
okr.crossref.titleCash or In-Kind Transfers: Do Outcomes Vary According to Transfer Modality?
okr.date.disclosure2024-06-14
okr.date.lastmodified2024-06-14T00:00:00Zen
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work
okr.doctypeEconomic & Sector Work::Policy Note
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099061324164589834/P176585165b94509e194f51bf12e52f9dbb
okr.guid099061324164589834
okr.identifier.docmidP176585-65b945eb-ea81-499e-94f5-bf12e52f9dbb
okr.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1596/41714
okr.identifier.externaldocumentum34340561
okr.identifier.internaldocumentum34340561
okr.identifier.report191207
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okr.pdfurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099061324164589834/pdf/P176585165b94509e194f51bf12e52f9dbb.pdfen
okr.region.geographicalWorld
okr.topicPoverty Reduction::Conditional Cash Transfers
okr.unitSocial Protection & Labor Global (HSPGE)
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