Publications

Kachwaha, Shivani; Rao, Krishna; Kaplan, Avril; and Bishai, David. 2019. Women's stated preferences for conditional cash transfer programs focused on maternal and child health and nutrition in India (P22-012-19). Current Developments in Nutrition 3(Supplement 1): 1937. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz042.P22-012-19

Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; and Lefore, Nicole. 2022. To ease the world food crisis, focus resources on women and girls. Nature 609: 28-31. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02312-8

Peterman, Amber; Kumar, Neha; Pereira, Audrey; and Gilligan, Daniel. 2020. Towards gender equality in social protection: Evidence gaps and priority research questions. UNICEF Office of Research. https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/stories/towards-gender-equality-social-protection

Alderman, Harold; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Lehrer, Kim 2012. The impact of food for education programs on school participation in Northern Uganda. Economic Development and Cultural Change 61(1): 187-218

Ragasa, Catherine; Lambrecht, Isabel; Mahrt, Kristi; and Aung, Zin Wai. 2023. Empowering rural women through gender and nutrition education amid the COVID-19 crisis: Evidence from Myanmar's Central Dry Zone. Journal of Rural Studies 103(October 2023): 103134. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jrurstud.2023.103134

Kishore, Avinash and Chakrabarti, Suman. 2015. Is more inclusive more effective? The ‘New Style’ public distribution system in India. Food Policy. 55(August 2015): 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.06.006

Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John; and Roy, Shalini. 2025. Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh. World Bank Economic Review 39(2): 439–472. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhae023

Gillespie, Stuart; Hoddinott, John F.; Nisbett, Nicholas; Arifeen, Shams; and van den Bold, Mara. 2018. Evidence to action: Highlights from Transform Nutrition research (2012-2017). Food and Nutrition Bulletin 39(3): 335-360. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0379572118788155

Houngbe, Freddy; Tonguet-Papucci, Audrey; Altare, Chiara; Aït-Aïssa, Myriam; Huneau, Jean-François; Huybregts, Lieven; and Kolsteren, Patrick. 2017. Unconditional cash transfers do not prevent children’s undernutrition in the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM’Out) cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso. Journal of Nutrition 147(7): 1410-1417. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.117.247858

Mueller, Valerie; Gray, Clark; Handa, Sudhanshu; and Seidenfeld, David. 2020. Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? Environment and Development Economics 25(2): 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000214

Kurdi, Sikandra. 2021. The nutritional benefits of cash transfers in humanitarian crises: Evidence from Yemen. World Development 148(December 2021): 105664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105664

Rivers, Jonathan; Mason, John B.; Rose, Donald Diego; Eisele, Thomas P; Gillespie, Stuart; Mahy, Mary; Monasch, Roeland. 2010. The impact of orphanhood on food security in the high-HIV context of Blantyre, Malawi. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 31 (Supplement 3): 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313S305

de Brauw, Alan; Hoddinott, John F. 2008. Is the conditionality necessary in conditional cash transfer programmes? One Pager 64

Ambler, Kate; de Brauw, Alan; and Godlonton, Susan. 2020. Cash transfers and management advice for agriculture: Evidence from Senegal. World Bank Economic Review 34(3): 597–617. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz005

Narayanan, Sudha; Raghunathan, Kalyani; Rashid, Shahidur; and Winter-Nelson, Alex. Lessons from a time of upheaval: COVID-19 in South Asia. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(4): 2078-2093. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13395

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; and Narayanan, Sudha. Preferential resource spending under an employment guarantee: The political economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh. World Bank Economic Review 32(3): 551-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhw044

Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Gabriel, Sherwin; Harris, Laurence; Makrelov, Konstantin; Robinson, Sherman; Anderson, Lilian; et al. 2020. Covid-19 lockdowns, income distribution, and food security: An analysis for South Africa. Global Food Security 26(September 2020): 100410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100410

de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini. The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power. World Development 59(July 2014): 487-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.02.003

Handa, Sudhanshu; Daidone, Silvio; Peterman, Amber; Davis, Benjamin; Pereira, Audrey; Palermo, Tia; and Yablonski, Jennifer. 2018. Myth-busting? Confronting six common perceptions about unconditional cash transfers as a poverty reduction strategy in Africa. The World Bank Research Observer 33(2): 259–298. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky003

Raghunathan, Kalyani; Chakrabarti, Suman; Menon, Purnima; and Alderman, Harold. 2017. Deploying the power of social protection to improve nutrition: What will it take? Economic and Political Weekly 52(46): 90-98. https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/46/special-articles/deploying-power-social-protection-improve-nutrition.html