This week in cash transfers

The Effect of Cash, Vouches and Food Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Northern Ecuador – Harvard Kennedy School Women and Public Policy Program – Study finds that targeting cash, voucher or food transfers towards female heads of household led to a significant decrease in the prevalence of intimate partner violence
Risk, Sex and Lotteries. Can lotteries be used as incentives to prevent risky behaviors? – April 8, 2015 – World Bank blog – On use of lotteries, rather than traditional cash transfer programs, as incentive to prevent risky behaviors. In recent study, lottery incentives had significant impact on reducing HIV incidence.

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