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The impact of cash and food transfers: Evidence from a randomized intervention in Niger

author(s) Hoddinott, John F - Sandström, Susanna - Upton, Joanna
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Africa
  • World
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
  • Western Africa
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Hoddinott, John F; Sandström, Susanna; Upton, Joanna, 'The impact of cash and food transfers: Evidence from a randomized intervention in Niger', International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington, D.C., 2014

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Abstract

There is little rigorous evidence on the comparative impacts of cash and food transfers on food security and food-related outcomes. We assess the relative impacts of receiving cash versus food transfers using a randomized design. Drawing on data collected in eastern Niger, we find that households randomized to receive a food basket experienced larger, positive impacts on measures of food consumption and diet quality than those receiving the cash transfer.

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