Publications

Deininger, Klaus; and Liu, Yanyan. 2019. Heterogeneous welfare impacts of National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh, India. World Development 117(May 2019): 98-111. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.12.014

Narayanan, Sudha; Naraparaju, Karthikeya; and Gerber, Nicolas. 2023. An assessment of India's multiple national social protection schemes in improving nutrition and health. Food Security 15(5): 1215–1229. https://doi.org/10.1007/s12571-023-01376-2

Ahmed, Akhter; Ahmed, Ishita; Hoddinott, John F.; Hidrobo, Melissa; and Roy, Shalini. 2019. Opinion: Measuring the unintended benefits of a development program. Devex. First published online on February 08, 2019. https://www.devex.com/news/opinion-measuring-the-unintended-benefits-of-a-development-program-94224

Alderman, Harold. 2015. Linking economic growth and economic equity in transfer programmes. In Policy Focus: The Impact of Cash Transfers on Local Economies. 11(1): 25-27. http://www.ipc-undp.org/pub/eng/PIF31_The_Impact_of_Cash_Transfers_on_Local_Economies.pdf

Varshney, Deepak; Kumar, Anjani; Mishra, Ashok K.; Rashid, Shahidur; and Joshi, Pramod K. 2021. COVID‐19, government transfer payments, and investment decisions in farming business: Evidence from northern India. Applied Economic Perspectives and 43(1): 248-269. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13144

Kishore, Avinash; Joshi, Pramod Kumar; and Pandey, Divya. 2015. Drought, distress, and a conditional cash transfer programme to mitigate the impact of drought in Bihar, India. Water International. 40(3): 417-431. https://doi.org/10.1080/02508060.2015.1050579

Seager, Jennifer; Baird, Sarah; Kalow, Jared; and Tauseef, Salauddin. Locking down adolescent hunger: COVID-19 and food security in Bangladesh. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(4): 1956-1981. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13360

Hoddinott, John F.; Dorosh, Paul A.; Filipski, Mateusz J.; Rosenbach, Gracie; and Tiburcio, Ernesto. 2020. Food transfers, electronic food vouchers and child nutritional status among Rohingya children living in Bangladesh. PLoS ONE 15(4): e0230457. https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0230457

Tadesse, Getaw; and Zewdie, Tadiwos. 2019. Grants vs. credits for improving the livelihoods of ultra-poor: Evidence from Ethiopia. World Development 113(January 2019): 320-329. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2018.09.009

Kishore, Avinash; Alvi, Muzna; and Krupnik, Timothy J. 2021. Development of balanced nutrient management innovations in South Asia: Perspectives from Bangladesh, India, Nepal, and Sri Lanka. Global Food Security 28(March 2021): 100464. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100464

Kachwaha, Shivani; Rao, Krishna; Kaplan, Avril; and Bishai, David. 2019. Women's stated preferences for conditional cash transfer programs focused on maternal and child health and nutrition in India (P22-012-19). Current Developments in Nutrition 3(Supplement 1): 1937. https://doi.org/10.1093/cdn/nzz042.P22-012-19

Bryan, Elizabeth; Ringler, Claudia; and Lefore, Nicole. 2022. To ease the world food crisis, focus resources on women and girls. Nature 609: 28-31. https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-022-02312-8

Peterman, Amber; Kumar, Neha; Pereira, Audrey; and Gilligan, Daniel. 2020. Towards gender equality in social protection: Evidence gaps and priority research questions. UNICEF Office of Research. https://www.unicef.org/innocenti/stories/towards-gender-equality-social-protection

Kishore, Avinash and Chakrabarti, Suman. 2015. Is more inclusive more effective? The ‘New Style’ public distribution system in India. Food Policy. 55(August 2015): 117-130. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.foodpol.2015.06.006

Ahmed, Akhter; Hoddinott, John; and Roy, Shalini. 2025. Food transfers, cash transfers, behavior change communication and child nutrition: Evidence from Bangladesh. World Bank Economic Review 39(2): 439–472. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhae023

Gillespie, Stuart; Hoddinott, John F.; Nisbett, Nicholas; Arifeen, Shams; and van den Bold, Mara. 2018. Evidence to action: Highlights from Transform Nutrition research (2012-2017). Food and Nutrition Bulletin 39(3): 335-360. https://doi.org/10.1177%2F0379572118788155

Houngbe, Freddy; Tonguet-Papucci, Audrey; Altare, Chiara; Aït-Aïssa, Myriam; Huneau, Jean-François; Huybregts, Lieven; and Kolsteren, Patrick. 2017. Unconditional cash transfers do not prevent children’s undernutrition in the Moderate Acute Malnutrition Out (MAM’Out) cluster-randomized controlled trial in rural Burkina Faso. Journal of Nutrition 147(7): 1410-1417. https://doi.org/10.3945/jn.117.247858

Mueller, Valerie; Gray, Clark; Handa, Sudhanshu; and Seidenfeld, David. 2020. Do social protection programs foster short-term and long-term migration adaptation strategies? Environment and Development Economics 25(2): 135-158. https://doi.org/10.1017/S1355770X19000214

Kurdi, Sikandra. 2021. The nutritional benefits of cash transfers in humanitarian crises: Evidence from Yemen. World Development 148(December 2021): 105664. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2021.105664

Rivers, Jonathan; Mason, John B.; Rose, Donald Diego; Eisele, Thomas P; Gillespie, Stuart; Mahy, Mary; Monasch, Roeland. 2010. The impact of orphanhood on food security in the high-HIV context of Blantyre, Malawi. Food and Nutrition Bulletin 31 (Supplement 3): 264-271. https://doi.org/10.1177/15648265100313S305

de Brauw, Alan; Hoddinott, John F. 2008. Is the conditionality necessary in conditional cash transfer programmes? One Pager 64

Ambler, Kate; de Brauw, Alan; and Godlonton, Susan. 2020. Cash transfers and management advice for agriculture: Evidence from Senegal. World Bank Economic Review 34(3): 597–617. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhz005

Narayanan, Sudha; Raghunathan, Kalyani; Rashid, Shahidur; and Winter-Nelson, Alex. Lessons from a time of upheaval: COVID-19 in South Asia. Applied Economic Perspectives and Policy 45(4): 2078-2093. https://doi.org/10.1002/aepp.13395

Sheahan, Megan; Liu, Yanyan; Barrett, Christopher B.; and Narayanan, Sudha. Preferential resource spending under an employment guarantee: The political economy of MGNREGS in Andhra Pradesh. World Bank Economic Review 32(3): 551-569. https://doi.org/10.1093/wber/lhw044

Arndt, Channing; Davies, Rob; Gabriel, Sherwin; Harris, Laurence; Makrelov, Konstantin; Robinson, Sherman; Anderson, Lilian; et al. 2020. Covid-19 lockdowns, income distribution, and food security: An analysis for South Africa. Global Food Security 26(September 2020): 100410. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.gfs.2020.100410

de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John F.; Roy, Shalini. The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power. World Development 59(July 2014): 487-504. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2013.02.003

Handa, Sudhanshu; Daidone, Silvio; Peterman, Amber; Davis, Benjamin; Pereira, Audrey; Palermo, Tia; and Yablonski, Jennifer. 2018. Myth-busting? Confronting six common perceptions about unconditional cash transfers as a poverty reduction strategy in Africa. The World Bank Research Observer 33(2): 259–298. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky003

Raghunathan, Kalyani; Chakrabarti, Suman; Menon, Purnima; and Alderman, Harold. 2017. Deploying the power of social protection to improve nutrition: What will it take? Economic and Political Weekly 52(46): 90-98. https://www.epw.in/journal/2017/46/special-articles/deploying-power-social-protection-improve-nutrition.html

Pierre, Guillaume; Pauw, Karl; and Magrini, Emiliano. The effect of the National Food Reserve Agency on maize market prices in Tanzania. Review of Development Economics. 22(2): 540-557. https://doi.org/10.1111/rode.12374

Kosec, Katrina; Avula, Rasmi; Holtemeyer, Brian; Tyagi, Parul; Hausladen, Stephanie; and Menon, Purnima. 2015. Predictors of essential health and nutrition service delivery in Bihar, India: Results from household and frontline worker surveys. Global Health: Science and Practice 3(2): 255-273. https://doi.org/10.9745/ghsp-d-14-00144