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Working Papers

2024

1. Social Safety Nets, Women’s Economic Achievements and Agency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development
2. Social protection and gender: policy, practice and research
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2023

3. C’est la vie!: Mixed impacts of an edutainment television series in West Africa
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
4. Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2022

5. Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: A research view on design and implementation for risk mitigation and prevention
   Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2021

6. Cash transfers and intimate partner violence (IPV) in low- and middle-income settings: A joint research agenda to inform policy and practice
   Project notes, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

2020

7. Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
   Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
8. Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (46)

2019

9. Towards gender equality: A review of evidence on social safety nets in Africa
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)

2018

10. A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (43)
    See also Journal Article A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2018) View citations (62) (2018)
11. Still a leap of faith: microfinance initiatives for reduction of violence against women and children in low-income and middle-income countries
    LSE Research Online Documents on Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library

2017

12. Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (3)
    See also Journal Article Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa, The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank (2018) View citations (36) (2018)
13. Understanding the measurement of women’s autonomy: Illustrations from Bangladesh and Ghana
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (2)

2016

14. Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Programme
    Innocenti Working Papers
    See also Journal Article Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Program, World Development, Elsevier (2017) View citations (20) (2017)
15. Making Money Work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (6)

2015

16. Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: What we know and what we need to know
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (2)
17. Filling the legal void? Experimental evidence from a community-based legal aid program for gender-equal land rights in Tanzania
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)
18. Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents
    Innocenti Working Papers
    See also Journal Article Is There Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents, Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford (2016) View citations (3) (2016)
19. Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda, and Yemen
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (21)

2014

20. Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (29)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2013) View citations (2)
21. Land, assets, and livelihoods: Gendered analysis of evidence from Odisha State in India
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (8)
22. Synopsis of Gender in agriculture: Closing the knowledge gap
    Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (48)

2013

23. Evaluation of grassroots community–based legal aid activities in Uganda and Tanzania: Strengthening women’s legal knowledge and land rights
    CAPRi working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
24. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (40)

2012

25. Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (30)
    See also Journal Article Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador, Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier (2014) View citations (109) (2014)

2011

26. A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in non-land agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries
    ESA Working Papers, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA) View citations (11)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2010) View citations (68)
27. Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health and birth outcomes?: Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (7)
28. Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework
    CAPRi working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (22)

2010

29. Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (14)

Undated

30. Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-hosting Setting
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-Hosting Setting, Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals (2019) View citations (20) (2019)

Journal Articles

2024

1. Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi
   World Development, 2024, 175, (C)

2022

2. Government Antipoverty Programming and Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana
   Economic Development and Cultural Change, 2022, 70, (2), 529 - 566 View citations (6)
3. ‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana
   Social Science & Medicine, 2022, 292, (C) View citations (2)

2021

4. Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda and Yemen
   World Development, 2021, 141, (C) View citations (14)

2020

5. Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health care? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales program
   Health Economics, 2020, 29, (6), 700-715 View citations (5)

2019

6. Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-Hosting Setting
   Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (S1), 128-146 View citations (20)
   See also Working Paper Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-hosting Setting, Innocenti Working Papers View citations (1)
7. Exploring Impacts of Community-Based Legal Aid on Intrahousehold Gender Relations in Tanzania
   Feminist Economics, 2019, 25, (2), 116-145
8. Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health
   Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 225, (C), 108-119 View citations (22)
9. Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement: Introduction to a Special Issue
   Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (S1), 1-6 View citations (7)

2018

10. A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2018, 33, (2), 218-258 View citations (62)
    See also Working Paper A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries, Innocenti Working Papers (2018) View citations (43) (2018)
11. Context and measurement: An analysis of the relationship between intrahousehold decision making and autonomy
    World Development, 2018, 111, (C), 97-112 View citations (20)
12. Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices
    Oxford Development Studies, 2018, 46, (4), 453-469 View citations (6)
13. List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia's unconditional child grant program
    Health Economics, 2018, 27, (3), 622-628 View citations (5)
14. Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
    The World Bank Research Observer, 2018, 33, (2), 259-298 View citations (36)
    See also Working Paper Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa, Innocenti Working Papers (2017) View citations (3) (2017)

2017

15. Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Program
    World Development, 2017, 95, (C), 55-72 View citations (20)
    See also Working Paper Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Programme, Innocenti Working Papers (2016) (2016)
16. Themed Issue: Cash Transfers and Microfinance
    Development Policy Review, 2017, 35, (5), 621-643
17. Women's individual asset ownership and experience of intimate partner violence: Evidence from 28 international surveys
    American Journal of Public Health, 2017, 107, (5), 747-755 View citations (9)

2016

18. Income Transfers and Maternal Health: Evidence from a National Randomized Social Cash Transfer Program in Zambia
    Health Economics, 2016, 25, (2), 225-236 View citations (9)
19. Is There Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 78, (4), 470-500 View citations (3)
    See also Working Paper Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents, Innocenti Working Papers (2015) (2015)
20. The Effect of Cash, Vouchers, and Food Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Northern Ecuador
    American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, 2016, 8, (3), 284-303 View citations (112)
21. Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility
    Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (4), 1083-1111 View citations (8)

2015

22. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: myth and reality
    Agricultural Economics, 2015, 46, (3), 403-434 View citations (102)
23. Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls
    Social Science & Medicine, 2015, 141, (C), 36-45 View citations (26)

2014

24. Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 860-872 View citations (28)
25. Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 144-156 View citations (109)
    See also Working Paper Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador, IFPRI discussion papers (2012) View citations (30) (2012)
26. Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 583-596 View citations (9)

2013

27. The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index
    World Development, 2013, 52, (C), 71-91 View citations (77)

2012

28. Peterman etal. Respond
    American Journal of Public Health, 2012, 102, (2), 200
    Also in American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 101, (11), 2005 (2011)
29. Widowhood and Asset Inheritance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from 15 Countries
    Development Policy Review, 2012, 30, (5), 543-571 View citations (34)

2011

30. Estimates and determinants of sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo
    American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 101, (6), 1060-1067 View citations (20)
31. Inequality in prime‐age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting: does the measure of economic status matter?
    Health Economics, 2011, 20, (11), 1298-1311 View citations (1)
32. Understanding the Complexities Surrounding Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria and Uganda
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (10), 1482-1509 View citations (111)
33. Women's Property Rights and Gendered Policies: Implications for Women's Long-term Welfare in Rural Tanzania
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (1), 1-30 View citations (19)

2009

34. Incontinence and trauma: Sexual violence, female genital cutting and proxy measures of gynecological fistula
    Social Science & Medicine, 2009, 68, (5), 971-979 View citations (1)
35. Opening Up Pandora's Box: The Effect of Gender Targeting and Conditionality on Household Spending Behavior in Mexico's Progresa Program
    World Development, 2009, 37, (6), 1129-1142 View citations (34)

2007

36. Child Health and School Enrollment: A Replication
    Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (4) View citations (8)

Edited books

2014

1. Gender in Agriculture
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (154)

Chapters

2020

1. Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
   Chapter 21 in COVID-19 and global food security, 2020, pp 91-94

2019

2. Toward gender equality: A critical assessment of evidence on social safety nets in Africa
   Chapter 10 in 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes, 2019, pp ReSAKSS140-148 View citations (1)