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Amber Peterman

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Department of Public Polciy
University of North Carolina-Chapel-Hill

Chapel Hill, North Carolina (United States)
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Working papers

  1. Hidrobo, Melissa & Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Lambon-Quayefio, Monica & Roy, Shalini & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Paz, Flor, 2024. "Social protection and gender: policy, practice and research," IFPRI discussion papers 2257, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  2. Amber Peterman & Jingying Wang & Kevin Kamto Sonke & Janina Steinert, 2024. "Social Safety Nets, Women’s Economic Achievements and Agency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis," Working Papers 684, Center for Global Development.
  3. Peterman, Amber & Dione, Malick & Le Port, Agnès & Briaux, Justine & Lamesse, Fatma & Hidrobo, Melissa, 2023. "Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal," IFPRI discussion papers 2195, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  4. Dione, Malick & Heckert, Jessica & Hidrobo, Melissa & Le Port, Agnès & Peterman, Amber & Seye, Moustapha, 2023. "C’est la vie!: Mixed impacts of an edutainment television series in West Africa," IFPRI discussion papers 2210, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  5. Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini, 2022. "Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: A research view on design and implementation for risk mitigation and prevention," Issue briefs 9780896294332, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  6. Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini, 2021. "Cash transfers and intimate partner violence (IPV) in low- and middle-income settings: A joint research agenda to inform policy and practice," Project notes June 2021, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  7. Amber Peterman & Alina Potts & Megan O'Donnell & Kelly Thompson & Niyati Shah & Sabine Oertelt-Prigione & Nicole van Gelder, 2020. "Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children," Working Papers 528, Center for Global Development.
  8. Hidrobo, Melissa & Kumar, Neha & Palermo, Tia & Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini, 2020. "Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries," Issue briefs April 2020, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  9. Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Pereira, Audrey & Gilligan, Daniel O., 2019. "Towards gender equality: A review of evidence on social safety nets in Africa:," IFPRI discussion papers 1903, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  10. Peterman, Amber & Palermo, Tia M. & Ferrari, Giulia, 2018. "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 103646, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.
  11. Ana Maria Buller & Amber Peterman & Meghna Ranganathan & Alexandra Bleile & Melissa Hidrobo & Lori Heise, 2018. "A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries," Papers inwopa938, Innocenti Working Papers.
  12. Seymour, Gregory & Peterman, Amber, 2017. "Understanding the measurement of women’s autonomy: Illustrations from Bangladesh and Ghana," IFPRI discussion papers 1656, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  13. Sudhanshu Handa & Silvio Daidone & Amber Peterman & Benjamin Davis & Audrey Pereira & Tia Palermo & Jennifer Yablonski, 2017. "Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa," Papers inwopa899, Innocenti Working Papers.
  14. Juan Bonilla & Rosa Castro Zarzur & Sudhanshu Handa & Claire Nowlin & Amber Peterman & Hannah Ring & David Seidenfeld, 2016. "Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Programme," Papers inwopa796, Innocenti Working Papers.
  15. Luisa Natali & Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & David Seidenfeld & Gelson Tembo & UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, 2016. "Making Money Work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia," Papers inwopa827, Innocenti Working Papers.
  16. Mueller, Valerie & Billings, Lucy & Mogues, Tewodaj & Peterman, Amber & Wineman, Ayala, 2015. "Filling the legal void? Experimental evidence from a community-based legal aid program for gender-equal land rights in Tanzania:," IFPRI discussion papers 1434, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  17. Peterman, Amber & Schwab, Benjamin & Roy, Shalini & Hidrobo, Melissa & Gilligan, Daniel, 2015. "Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda, and Yemen:," IFPRI discussion papers 1453, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  18. Richard de Groot & Tia Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & Luigi Peter Ragno & UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2015. "Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: What we know and what we need to know," Papers inwopa782, Innocenti Working Papers.
  19. Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre, 2015. "Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents," Papers inwopa778, Innocenti Working Papers.
  20. Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Raney, Terri L. & Croppenstedt, André & Behrman, Julia A. & Peterman, Amber, 2014. "Synopsis of Gender in agriculture: Closing the knowledge gap:," Issue briefs 84, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  21. Florence Santos & Diana Fletschner & Vivien Savath & Amber Peterman, 2014. "Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program," Working Papers id:5708, eSocialSciences.
  22. Savath, Vivien & Fletschner, Diana & Peterman, Amber & Santos, Florence, 2014. "Land, assets, and livelihoods: Gendered analysis of evidence from Odisha State in India:," IFPRI discussion papers 1323, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  23. Doss, Cheryl & Kovarik, Chiara & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & van den Bold, Mara, 2013. "Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality:," IFPRI discussion papers 1308, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  24. Peterman, Amber & Billings, Lucy & Behrman, Julia A., 2013. "Evaluation of grassroots community–based legal aid activities in Uganda and Tanzania: Strengthening women’s legal knowledge and land rights," CAPRi working papers 108, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  25. Hidrobo, Melissa & Hoddinott, John F. & Peterman, Amber & Margolies, Amy & Moreira, Vanessa, 2012. "Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador," IFPRI discussion papers 1234, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  26. de Brauw, Alan & Peterman, Amber, 2011. "Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health and birth outcomes?: Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales," IFPRI discussion papers 1080, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  27. Peterman, Amber & Behrman, Julia & Quisumbing, Agnes, 2011. "A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in non-land agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries," ESA Working Papers 289010, Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Agricultural Development Economics Division (ESA).
  28. Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Johnson, Nancy & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Njuki, Jemimah & Behrman, Julia A. & Rubin, Deborah & Peterman, Amber & Waithanji, Elizabeth, 2011. "Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework:," CAPRi working papers 99, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  29. Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes & Behrman, Julia & Nkonya, Ephraim, 2010. "Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria," IFPRI discussion papers 1003, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  30. Elsa Valli & Amber Peterman & Melissa Hidrobo & UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti, "undated". "Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-hosting Setting," Papers inwopa959, Innocenti Working Papers.

Articles

  1. Lambon-Quayefio, Monica & Peterman, Amber & Handa, Sudhanshu & Molotsky, Adria & Otchere, Frank & Mvula, Peter & Tsoka, Maxton & de Hoop, Jacobus & Angeles, Gustavo & Kilburn, Kelly & Milazzo, Annamar, 2024. "Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 175(C).
  2. Amber Peterman & Elsa Valli & Tia Palermo, 2022. "Government Antipoverty Programming and Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 70(2), pages 529-566.
  3. Barrington, Clare & Peterman, Amber & Akaligaung, Akalpa J. & Palermo, Tia & de Milliano, Marlous & Aborigo, Raymond A., 2022. "‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 292(C).
  4. Peterman, Amber & Schwab, Benjamin & Roy, Shalini & Hidrobo, Melissa & Gilligan, Daniel O., 2021. "Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda and Yemen," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 141(C).
  5. Alan de Brauw & Amber Peterman, 2020. "Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health care? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales program," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 29(6), pages 700-715, June.
  6. Tilman Brück & Jose Cuesta & Jacobus De Hoop & Ugo Gentilini & Amber Peterman, 2019. "Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement: Introduction to a Special Issue," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(S1), pages 1-6, December.
  7. Elsa Valli & Amber Peterman & Melissa Hidrobo, 2019. "Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-Hosting Setting," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 55(S1), pages 128-146, December.
  8. Valerie Mueller & Amber Peterman & Lucy Billings & Ayala Wineman, 2019. "Exploring Impacts of Community-Based Legal Aid on Intrahousehold Gender Relations in Tanzania," Feminist Economics, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 25(2), pages 116-145, April.
  9. Angeles, Gustavo & de Hoop, Jacobus & Handa, Sudhanshu & Kilburn, Kelly & Milazzo, Annamaria & Peterman, Amber, 2019. "Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 225(C), pages 108-119.
  10. Sudhanshu Handa & Silvio Daidone & Amber Peterman & Benjamin Davis & Audrey Pereira & Tia Palermo & Jennifer Yablonski, 2018. "Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 33(2), pages 259-298.
  11. Ana Maria Buller & Amber Peterman & Meghna Ranganathan & Alexandra Bleile & Melissa Hidrobo & Lori Heise, 2018. "A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries," The World Bank Research Observer, World Bank, vol. 33(2), pages 218-258.
  12. Valerie Mueller & Lucy Billings & Tewodaj Mogues & Amber Peterman & Ayala Wineman, 2018. "Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices," Oxford Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(4), pages 453-469, October.
  13. Seymour, Greg & Peterman, Amber, 2018. "Context and measurement: An analysis of the relationship between intrahousehold decision making and autonomy," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 111(C), pages 97-112.
  14. Amber Peterman & Tia M. Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & David Seidenfeld & on behalf of the Zambia Child Grant Program Evaluation Team, 2018. "List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia's unconditional child grant program," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 27(3), pages 622-628, March.
  15. Bonilla, Juan & Zarzur, Rosa Castro & Handa, Sudhanshu & Nowlin, Claire & Peterman, Amber & Ring, Hannah & Seidenfeld, David, 2017. "Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 95(C), pages 55-72.
  16. Peterman, A. & Pereira, A. & Bleck, J. & Palermo, T.M. & Yount, K.M., 2017. "Women's individual asset ownership and experience of intimate partner violence: Evidence from 28 international surveys," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 107(5), pages 747-755.
  17. Richard Groot & Tia Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & Luigi Peter Ragno & Amber Peterman, 2017. "Themed Issue: Cash Transfers and Microfinance," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 35(5), pages 621-643, September.
  18. Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & David Seidenfeld & Gelson Tembo, 2016. "Income Transfers and Maternal Health: Evidence from a National Randomized Social Cash Transfer Program in Zambia," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 25(2), pages 225-236, February.
  19. Melissa Hidrobo & Amber Peterman & Lori Heise, 2016. "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, American Economic Association, vol. 8(3), pages 284-303, July.
  20. Tia Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & Leah Prencipe & David Seidenfeld, 2016. "Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility," Journal of Population Economics, Springer;European Society for Population Economics, vol. 29(4), pages 1083-1111, October.
  21. Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman, 2016. "Is There Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents," Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics, Department of Economics, University of Oxford, vol. 78(4), pages 470-500, August.
  22. Cheryl Doss & Chiara Kovarik & Amber Peterman & Agnes Quisumbing & Mara Bold, 2015. "Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: myth and reality," Agricultural Economics, International Association of Agricultural Economists, vol. 46(3), pages 403-434, May.
  23. Handa, Sudhanshu & Peterman, Amber & Huang, Carolyn & Halpern, Carolyn & Pettifor, Audrey & Thirumurthy, Harsha, 2015. "Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 141(C), pages 36-45.
  24. Hidrobo, Melissa & Hoddinott, John & Peterman, Amber & Margolies, Amy & Moreira, Vanessa, 2014. "Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador," Journal of Development Economics, Elsevier, vol. 107(C), pages 144-156.
  25. Santos, Florence & Fletschner, Diana & Savath, Vivien & Peterman, Amber, 2014. "Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 860-872.
  26. Adelman, Sarah & Peterman, Amber, 2014. "Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 64(C), pages 583-596.
  27. Alkire, Sabina & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes & Seymour, Greg & Vaz, Ana, 2013. "The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 52(C), pages 71-91.
  28. Amber Peterman, 2012. "Widowhood and Asset Inheritance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from 15 Countries," Development Policy Review, Overseas Development Institute, vol. 30(5), pages 543-571, September.
  29. Marjorie Opuni & Amber Peterman & David Bishai, 2011. "Inequality in prime‐age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting: does the measure of economic status matter?," Health Economics, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 20(11), pages 1298-1311, November.
  30. Peterman, A. & Palermo, T. & Bredenkamp, C., 2011. "Peterman et al. respond," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(11), pages 2005-2005.
  31. Amber Peterman, 2011. "Women's Property Rights and Gendered Policies: Implications for Women's Long-term Welfare in Rural Tanzania," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(1), pages 1-30.
  32. Peterman, A. & Palermo, T. & Bredenkamp, C., 2011. "Estimates and determinants of sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo," American Journal of Public Health, American Public Health Association, vol. 101(6), pages 1060-1067.
  33. Amber Peterman & Agnes Quisumbing & Julia Behrman & Ephraim Nkonya, 2011. "Understanding the Complexities Surrounding Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria and Uganda," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 47(10), pages 1482-1509.
  34. Peterman, Amber & Johnson, Kiersten, 2009. "Incontinence and trauma: Sexual violence, female genital cutting and proxy measures of gynecological fistula," Social Science & Medicine, Elsevier, vol. 68(5), pages 971-979, March.
  35. Handa, Sudhanshu & Peterman, Amber & Davis, Benjamin & Stampini, Marco, 2009. "Opening Up Pandora's Box: The Effect of Gender Targeting and Conditionality on Household Spending Behavior in Mexico's Progresa Program," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 37(6), pages 1129-1142, June.
  36. Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman, 2007. "Child Health and School Enrollment: A Replication," Journal of Human Resources, University of Wisconsin Press, vol. 42(4).

Chapters

  1. Hidrobo, Melissa & Kumar, Neha & Palermo, Tia & Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini, 2020. "Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries," IFPRI book chapters, in: COVID-19 and global food security, chapter 21, pages 91-94, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
  2. Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Pereira, Audrey & Gilligan, Daniel O., 2019. "Toward gender equality: A critical assessment of evidence on social safety nets in Africa," IFPRI book chapters, in: 2019 Annual trends and outlook report: Gender equality in rural Africa: From commitments to outcomes, chapter 10, pages ReSAKSS14, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).

Books

  1. Agnes R. Quisumbing & Ruth Meinzen-Dick & Terri L. Raney & André Croppenstedt & Julia A. Behrman & A (ed.), 2014. "Gender in Agriculture," Springer Books, Springer, edition 127, number 978-94-017-8616-4, October.

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NEP is an announcement service for new working papers, with a weekly report in each of many fields. This author has had 16 papers announced in NEP. These are the fields, ordered by number of announcements, along with their dates. If the author is listed in the directory of specialists for this field, a link is also provided.
  1. NEP-AGR: Agricultural Economics (8) 2010-07-17 2010-07-31 2011-04-30 2014-04-05 2014-05-04 2015-07-18 2015-09-05 2016-03-23. Author is listed
  2. NEP-DEV: Development (8) 2010-07-17 2010-07-31 2011-04-30 2015-09-05 2016-03-23 2016-03-29 2017-06-11 2024-02-19. Author is listed
  3. NEP-HME: Heterodox Microeconomics (5) 2014-04-05 2015-09-05 2016-03-29 2017-08-27 2020-05-18. Author is listed
  4. NEP-AFR: Africa (3) 2010-07-31 2014-05-04 2016-03-29
  5. NEP-EXP: Experimental Economics (3) 2015-07-18 2021-07-12 2024-02-19
  6. NEP-MFD: Microfinance (2) 2016-03-23 2020-03-30
  7. NEP-EFF: Efficiency and Productivity (1) 2010-07-31
  8. NEP-KNM: Knowledge Management and Knowledge Economy (1) 2018-07-09
  9. NEP-LAW: Law and Economics (1) 2015-07-18
  10. NEP-ORE: Operations Research (1) 2020-03-30
  11. NEP-PAY: Payment Systems and Financial Technology (1) 2016-03-23

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