Social Protection and Rural Transformation in Africa

Evaluating spillovers and cost-effectiveness of complementary agricultural and social protection interventions: evidence from Lesotho

(2023) Silvio Daidone et al.   Journal of Development Effectiveness

Tackling psychosocial and capital constraints to alleviate poverty

(2022) Thomas Bossuroy et al.   NATURE

More evidence on cash transfers and child nutritional outcomes: a systematic review and meta-analysis

(2022) James Manley et al.   BMJ Global Health

Cash transfers’ role in improving livelihood diversification strategies and well-being: short- and medium-term evidence from Zimbabwe

(2022) Noemi Pace et al.   WORLD DEVELOPMENT

Using household grants to benchmark the cost effectiveness of a USAID workforce readiness program

(2022) Craig McIntosh et al.   JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

Does receiving food aid influence the adoption of climate-adaptive agricultural practices? Evidence from Ethiopia and Malawi

(2021) Nicholas J. Sitko et al.   FOOD POLICY

Gauging the impact of Ethiopia’s productive safety net programme on agriculture: Application of targeted maximum likelihood estimation approach

(2021) Bezawit Adugna Bahru et al.   JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Agricultural productivity must improve in sub-Saharan Africa

(2021) Thomas S. Jayne et al.   SCIENCE

More Evidence on the Impact of Government Social Protection in Sub Saharan Africa: Ghana, Malawi and Zimbabwe

(2021) Sudhanshu Handa et al.   Development Policy Review

Leveraging social protection to advance climate-smart agriculture: An empirical analysis of the impacts of Malawi’s Social Action Fund (MASAF) on farmers’ adoption decisions and welfare outcomes

(2021) Antonio Scognamillo et al.   WORLD DEVELOPMENT

Unpacking a multi-faceted program to build sustainable income for the very poor

(2021) Abhijit Banerjee et al.   JOURNAL OF DEVELOPMENT ECONOMICS

The worse the better? Quantile treatment effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on mental health

(2020) Julius Ohrnberger et al.   HEALTH POLICY AND PLANNING

Sustainable agricultural intensification in an era of rural transformation in Africa

(2019) T.S. Jayne et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

The Household and Individual-Level Productive Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub-Saharan Africa

(2019) Silvio Daidone et al.   AMERICAN JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Are African households (not) leaving agriculture? Patterns of households’ income sources in rural Sub-Saharan Africa

(2017) Benjamin Davis et al.   FOOD POLICY

Perceived Self-Efficacy, Poverty, and Economic Development

(2017) David Wuepper et al.   Annual Review of Resource Economics

Linking agriculture and social protection for food security: The case of Lesotho

(2017) Silvio Daidone et al.   Global Food Security-Agriculture Policy Economics and Environment

What farmers want: the “gustibus multiplier” and other behavioral insights on agricultural development

(2016) Michael R. Carter   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Africa's changing farm size distribution patterns: the rise of medium-scale farms

(2016) T.S. Jayne et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Crowding out, diversion, and benefit/cost assessments in fertilizer subsidy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a comment on Jayne, T.S., Mather, D., Mason, N., Ricker-Gilbert, J., 2013. How do fertilizer subsidy programs affect total fertilizer use in sub-Sa

(2015) A. R. Dorward et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor: Evidence from six countries

(2015) A. Banerjee et al.   SCIENCE

Structural transformation or elite land capture? The growth of “emergent” farmers in Zambia

(2014) Nicholas J. Sitko et al.   FOOD POLICY

On the psychology of poverty

(2014) J. Haushofer et al.   SCIENCE

How do fertilizer subsidy programs affect total fertilizer use in sub-Saharan Africa? Crowding out, diversion, and benefit/cost assessments

(2013) T.S. Jayne et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Input subsidy programs in sub-Saharan Africa: a synthesis of recent evidence

(2013) T.S. Jayne et al.   AGRICULTURAL ECONOMICS

Building an Alliance for a Green Revolution in Africa

(2008) Gary Toenniessen et al.   Annals of the New York Academy of Sciences