| Resumen: |
Cash transfers are among the primary tools in social protection aimed at reducing poverty and enhancing people's lives. These transfers have the dual purpose of alleviating poverty among vulnerable populations and strengthening their ability to withstand unexpected hardships and shocks. To enhance the impact of cash transfers for a given transfer amount, they are sometimes linked to recipients’ compliance with certain conditions, such as sending their children to school or giving birth in a health clinic. There is also a growing trend of combining transfers with additional interventions or services. Examples of those additional interventions are transferring information (e.g., encouraging mothers to increase their babies’ protein intake, parenting skills classes, or information on nutrition), offering psychosocial support, or providing non-cash items in the form of food or other in-kind transfers. When cash transfers are coupled with such complementary support, the interventions are referred to as cash plus programs.
This evidence gap map serves as a comprehensive repository of knowledge, consolidating robust evidence on cash transfers across diverse contexts and intervention characteristics. Through its various filter options, it allows development practitioners to gain insights into specific aspects of cash transfer interventions of interest and to select appropriate studies. The filter options range from the study region to the characteristics of the target population, such as beneficiaries’ age and sex, as well as targeting approaches and payment methods. |
