This briefing summarises the evidence on the impact of cash transfers on women and girls, drawn from the full report, Cash transfers: what does the evidence say?
It considers:
- Whether the evidence shows that cash transfers have differing impacts for women and girls compared to men and boys.
- Whether cash transfers contribute to women and girls’ empowerment.
- Whether the recipient of the cash transfer being male or female has any impact on outcomes.
Jessica Hagen-Zanker, Luca Pellerano, Francesca Bastagli, Luke Harman, Valentina Barca, Georgina Sturge, Tanja Schmidt and Calvin Laing