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Effectiveness of cash-plus programmes on early childhood outcomes compared to cash transfers alone: A systematic review and meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries

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  • Madison T Little
  • Keetie Roelen
  • Brittany C L Lange
  • Janina I Steinert
  • Alexa R Yakubovich
  • Lucie Cluver
  • David K Humphreys

Abstract

Background: To strengthen the impact of cash transfers, these interventions have begun to be packaged as cash-plus programmes, combining cash with additional transfers, interventions, or services. The intervention’s complementary (“plus”) components aim to improve cash transfer effectiveness by targeting mediating outcomes or the availability of supplies or services. This study examined whether cash-plus interventions for infants and children

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  • Madison T Little & Keetie Roelen & Brittany C L Lange & Janina I Steinert & Alexa R Yakubovich & Lucie Cluver & David K Humphreys, 2021. "Effectiveness of cash-plus programmes on early childhood outcomes compared to cash transfers alone: A systematic review and meta-analysis in low- and middle-income countries," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(9), pages 1-24, September.
    • Handle: RePEc:plo:pmed00:1003698
    DOI: 10.1371/journal.pmed.1003698
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    1. Leight, Jessica & Hirvonen, Kalle & Zafar, Sarim, 2024. "The effectiveness of cash and cash plus interventions on livelihoods outcomes: Evidence from a systematic review and meta-analysis," OSF Preprints dnc2r, Center for Open Science.
    2. Ahmed, Akhter U. & Hoddinott, John & Roy, Shalini & Sraboni, Esha, 2024. "Transfers, nutrition programming, and economic well-being: Experimental evidence from Bangladesh," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 173(C).
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    5. Zulfiqar A Bhutta & Kathryn M Yount & Quique Bassat & Caitlin E Moyer, 2021. "Sustainable Developmental Goals interrupted: Overcoming challenges to global child and adolescent health," PLOS Medicine, Public Library of Science, vol. 18(9), pages 1-5, September.
    6. Saugato Datta & Joshua Martin & Catherine MacLeod & Laura B. Rawlings & Andrea Vermehren, 2024. "Do Behavioral Interventions Enhance the Effects of Cash on Early Childhood Development and Its Determinants? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Madagascar," The European Journal of Development Research, Palgrave Macmillan;European Association of Development Research and Training Institutes (EADI), vol. 36(2), pages 327-354, April.

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