We study how changing the targeted measure of poverty affects the operation and effectiveness of a scaled social assistance program.
Social assistance programs often provide a per-person benefit to targeted beneficiaries. Such uniform transfer values do not account for variation in structural deprivations faced by households. In this study, we assess the degree to which a food …
How does humanitarian aid affect the well-being of refugee recipients, and for how long do program effects last?
How should we target humanitarian aid to a large and homogeneous refugee population?