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Working Papers

2021

1. 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

2. 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)
3. Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children
   Working Papers, Center for Global Development View citations (12)

2019

4. Towards gender equality: A review of evidence on social safety nets in Africa
   IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (1)

2018

5. A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries
   Innocenti Working Papers View citations (22)
   See also Journal Article in World Bank Research Observer (2018)
6. Evidence on Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement
   Innocenti Research Briefs
7. 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

8. Exploring Women's Empowerment through Asset Ownership and Experience of Intimate Partner Violence
   Innocenti Research Briefs View citations (1)
9. 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 in World Bank Research Observer (2018)
10. Myth-busting? How research is refuting common perceptions about unconditional cash transfers
    Innocenti Research Briefs
11. 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

12. 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 in World Development (2017)
13. Making Money Work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (4)

2015

14. Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: What we know and what we need to know
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (2)
15. 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)
16. Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents
    Innocenti Working Papers
    See also Journal Article in Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics (2016)
17. 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 (16)

2014

18. Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program
    Working Papers, eSocialSciences View citations (25)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2013) View citations (2)
19. Land, assets, and livelihoods: Gendered analysis of evidence from Odisha State in India
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (3)
20. Synopsis of Gender in agriculture: Closing the knowledge gap
    Issue briefs, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (31)

2013

21. 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)
22. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (37)

2012

23. Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (29)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Economics (2014)

2011

24. 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 (1)
    Also in IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) (2010) View citations (43)
25. 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 (5)
26. Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework
    CAPRi working papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (21)

2010

27. Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria
    IFPRI discussion papers, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) View citations (6)

Undated

28. Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-hosting Setting
    Innocenti Working Papers View citations (1)
    See also Journal Article in Journal of Development Studies (2019)

Journal Articles

2022

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

2021

3. 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 (6)

2020

4. 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 (1)

2019

5. Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-Hosting Setting
   Journal of Development Studies, 2019, 55, (S1), 128-146 View citations (4)
   See also Working Paper
6. Exploring Impacts of Community-Based Legal Aid on Intrahousehold Gender Relations in Tanzania
   Feminist Economics, 2019, 25, (2), 116-145
7. Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health
   Social Science & Medicine, 2019, 225, (C), 108-119 View citations (16)
8. 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 (2)

2018

9. A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
   World Bank Research Observer, 2018, 33, (2), 218-258 View citations (39)
   See also Working Paper (2018)
10. Context and measurement: An analysis of the relationship between intrahousehold decision making and autonomy
    World Development, 2018, 111, (C), 97-112 View citations (11)
11. 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 (5)
12. 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
13. Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa
    World Bank Research Observer, 2018, 33, (2), 259-298 View citations (10)
    See also Working Paper (2017)

2017

14. 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 (13)
    See also Working Paper (2016)
15. Themed Issue: Cash Transfers and Microfinance
    Development Policy Review, 2017, 35, (5), 621-643
16. 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 (2)

2016

17. 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 (8)
18. Is There Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents
    Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, 2016, 78, (4), 470-500 View citations (2)
    See also Working Paper (2015)
19. 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 (65)
20. Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility
    Journal of Population Economics, 2016, 29, (4), 1083-1111 View citations (4)

2015

21. Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: myth and reality
    Agricultural Economics, 2015, 46, (3), 403-434 View citations (66)
22. 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 (19)

2014

23. 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 (20)
24. Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
    Journal of Development Economics, 2014, 107, (C), 144-156 View citations (73)
    See also Working Paper (2012)
25. Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda
    World Development, 2014, 64, (C), 583-596 View citations (6)

2013

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

2012

27. Peterman etal. Respond
    American Journal of Public Health, 2012, 102, (2), 200
    Also in American Journal of Public Health, 2011, 101, (11), 2005 (2011)
28. Widowhood and Asset Inheritance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from 15 Countries
    Development Policy Review, 2012, 30, (5), 543-571 View citations (24)

2011

29. 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 (15)
30. 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)
31. Understanding the Complexities Surrounding Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria and Uganda
    Journal of Development Studies, 2011, 47, (10), 1482-1509 View citations (92)
32. 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 (18)

2009

33. 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)
34. 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 (31)

2007

35. Child Health and School Enrollment: A Replication
    Journal of Human Resources, 2007, 42, (4) View citations (7)

Edited books

2014

1. Gender in Agriculture
   Springer Books, Springer View citations (144)

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)