PUBLICATIONS

Cash plus programming and intimate partner violence: a qualitative evaluation of the benefits of group-based platforms for delivering activities in support of the Ethiopian government’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP)
Buller, Ana Maria; Pichon, Marjorie; Hidrobo, Melissa; Mulford, Michael; Amare, Tseday; Sintayehu, Wastina; Tadesse, Seifu; Ranganathan, Meghna. 2023
Our study offers important insights into the mechanisms by which the group-based delivery of plus activities affects intermediate outcomes on the pathway to IPV. It underscores the importance of the modality of delivery in such programmes, and suggests that policy-makers should consider gender-specific needs as men and women might differentially benefit from interventions that enhance social capital to generate gender transformative impacts.
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‘Joy, not sorrow’: Men's perspectives on gender, violence, and cash transfers targeted to women in northern Ghana
Pereira, Audrey; Akaligaung, Akalpa J.; Aborigo, Raymond; Peterman, Amber; Palermo, Tia; Barrington, Clare. 2023
Evidence indicates that cash transfers can decrease intimate partner violence (IPV) against women, although most research has focused on women's perspectives and experiences, with less attention to men. We analyzed data from four focus group discussions with male partners of women who participated in the Ghana Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) 1000 cash transfer program. We elicited men's perceptions of poverty, relationship dynamics, IPV and cash transfers targeted to their wives using thematic analysis.
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Gender-responsive social protection post–COVID-19
Gavrilovic, Maja; Rubio, Monica; Bastagli, Francesca; Hinton, Roopa; Staab, Silke; Goulder, Ruth Graham; Bilo, Charlotte; Khan, Ruby; Peterman, Amber; Diallo, Bobo; Alfers, Laura; Santiago, Aroa; Rizvi, Zehra; Holmes, Rebecca; Mejia, Juan Gonzalo Jaramillo; Tabbush, Constanza. 2022
This policy forum piece argues that investment in gender-responsive social protection systems and evidence is key to a more equal future post–COVID-19, and gives concrete recommendations for policymakers, program implementers and stakeholders.
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A diagonal and social protection ‘plus’ approach to meet the challenges of the COVID-19 syndemic: Linking cash transfers and intimate partner violence interventions in Latin America
Blofield, Marike; Knaul, Felicia M.; Calderón-Anyosa, Renzo; Peterman, Amber; MartinezFranzoni, Juliana; O'Donnell, Megan; Bustreo, Flavia. 2022
In this viewpoint, we argue that building programmatic linkages between social protection platforms, particularly cash transfers, and IPV prevention, mitigation, and response services, creates synergies that can promote freedom from both poverty and violence.
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Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: A research view on design and implementation for risk mitigation and prevention
Peterman, Amber; Roy, Shalini. 2022
This brief summarizes evidence from rigorous studies and existing operational guidance around common decisions made in cash transfer programs and offers recommendations to increase gender-sensitivity and responsiveness to intimate partner violence prevention.
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Can transfers and complementary nutrition programming reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Koch, Bastien; Ahmed, Akhter. 2022
Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming experienced sustained reductions in intimate partner violence four years after the program ended.
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Government antipoverty programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana
Peterman, Amber; Valli, Elsa; Palermo, Tia. 2022
We examine whether a government cash transfer program paired with a health insurance premium waiver targeted to pregnant women and mothers of young children in Ghana reduced intimate partner violence.
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‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana
Barrington, Clare; Peterman, Amber; Akaligaung, Akalpa J.; Palermo, Tia; de Milliano, Marlous; Aborigo, Raymond A.. 2022
This study explores how the government of Ghana's Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty 1000 program influenced intimate partner violence experiences using qualitative methods.
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Effects of government-implemented cash plus model on violence experiences and perpetration among adolescents in Tanzania, 2018‒2019
Palermo, Tia; Prencipe, Leah; Kajula, Lusajo; Tanzania Cash Plus Evaluation Team. 2021
This publication examines the impacts of a government-implemented cash plus program on violence experiences and perpetration among Tanzanian adolescents.
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Cash transfers and intimate partner violence (IPV) in low- and middle-income settings: A joint research agenda to inform policy and practice
Peterman, Amber; Roy, Shalini. 2021
We present a joint research agenda linking cash transfer programs to intimate partner violence and compile information on ongoing studies that will further the knowledge frontier.
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Government of Ethiopia's public works and complementary programmes: A mixed-methods study on pathways to reduce intimate partner violence
Ranganathan, Meghna; Pichon, Marjorie; Hidrobo, Melissa; Tambet, Heleene; Sintayehu, Wastina; Tadesse, Seifu; Buller, Ana Maria. 2021
This publication uses mixed methods to examine whether and how the Ethiopian government's public works programme alongside complementary activities that engage women and men affected intimate partner violence.
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Cross-disciplinary intersections between public health and economics in intimate partner violence research
Ranganathan, Meghna; Heise, Lori; Peterman, Amber; Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa. 2021
We examine the theoretical perspectives and methodological approaches that public health and economics uses to conceptualise and study intimate partner violence and offer perspectives on how to build synergies for the advancement policy-relevant evidence.
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Intimate partner relationships and gender norms in Mali: The scope of cash transfers targeted to men to reduce intimate partner violence
Lees, Shelley; Kyegombe, Nambusi; Diatta, Ampa; Zongrone, Amanda; Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa. 2021
This publication reports on a qualitative study of the effects of Mali's flagship social protection program on intimate partner relationships.
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Global research into cash transfers to prevent intimate partner violence
Palermo, Tia; Barrington, Clare; Buller, Ana Marie; Heise, Lori; Hidrobo, Melissa; Ranganathan, Meghna; Roy, Shalini. 2021
On the basis of our research in Latin America and other regions, we argue that the potential of cash transfers to reduce intimate partner violence is relevant globally and highlight important nuances to maximize the impacts of cash transfers in diverse regions.
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Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali
Heath, Rachel; Hidrobo, Melissa; Roy, Shalini. 2020
Using a randomized control trial, we investigate the intimate partner violence impacts of Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri), which primarily targets men in a West African context with high levels of polygamy.
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Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries
Hidrobo, Melissa; Kumar, Neha; Palermo, Tia; Peterman, Amber; Roy, Shalini. 2020
As social protection programs and systems adapt to mitigate against the COVID-19 crisis, there is an opportunity to address design and implementation factors to increase gender-sensitivity to achieve gender-related equality gains.
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Cash transfers conditional on schooling reduce IPV among young women in South Africa
Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative. 2019
This case study summarizes the impacts of a conditional cash transfer program targeted to girls of secondary school age in South Africa which led to a 34 percent reduction in intimate partner physical violence.
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Food and cash transfers coupled with nutrition behavior change communication lead to sustained reductions in intimate partner violence in Bangladesh
Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative. 2019
This case study from Bangladesh summarizes findings from a transfer program that—when paired with nutrition behavior change communication—led to a 26 percent reduction in physical intimate partner violence that was sustained after the program ended.
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Transfers, behavior change communication, and intimate partner violence: Postprogram evidence from rural Bangladesh
Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Ahmed, Akhter. 2019
We assess postprogram impacts on intimate partner violence of randomly assigning women in Bangladesh to receive cash or food, with or without nutrition behavior change communication.
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Cash, food, and vouchers reduce intimate partner violence in urban areas in Ecuador
Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative. 2019
This case study summarizes the impact of a short-term food, cash, and voucher program targeted to the urban poor in Northern Ecuador--showing reductions of 30 percent in physical and sexual intimate partner violence, as well as a 19 percent reduction in controlling behaviors.
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Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: What does the evidence say?
Cash Transfer and Intimate Partner Violence Research Collaborative. 2019
This infographic answers the question: Cash transfers are a popular tool to address poverty and food insecurity, but can they also reduce women’s risk of intimate partner violence?
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Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence: Finding from a Review of Quantitative and Qualitative Studies in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
Prevention Collaborative. 2019
This evidence brief summarizes mixed-method evidence showing cash transfers can reduce intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries.
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Can transfers and behavior change communication reduce intimate partner violence four years post-program? Experimental evidence from Bangladesh
Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Koch, Bastien; Ahmed, Akhter. 2019
Using a randomized controlled trial, we find that women in rural Bangladesh who received cash transfers with complementary nutrition programming experienced sustained reductions in intimate partner violence four years after the program ended.
Working Paper

A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries
Buller, Ana Maria; Peterman, Amber; Ranganathan, Meghna; Bleile, Alexandra; Hidrobo, Melissa; Heise, Lori. 2018
This working paper presents mixed-method evidence from low- and middle-income countries demonstrating how cash transfers can reduce intimate partner violence and builds a program theory demonstrating mechanisms of impact.
Working Paper

A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries
Buller, Ana Maria; Peterman, Amber; Ranganathan, Meghna; Bleile, Alexandra; Hidrobo, Melissa; Heise, Lori. 2018
This publication presents mixed-method evidence from low- and middle-income countries demonstrating how cash transfers can reduce intimate partner violence and builds a program theory demonstrating mechanisms of impact.
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List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia’s unconditional Child Grant Program
Peterman, Amber; Palermo, Tia; Handa, Sudhanshu; Seidenfeld, David. 2018
This publication uses the technique of list randomization to collect measures of physical intimate partner violence in an experimental impact evaluation of the Government of Zambia's Child Grant Program.
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Cash transfers, polygamy, and intimate partner violence: Experimental evidence from Mali
Heath, Rachel; Hidrobo, Melissa; Roy, Shalini. 2018
Using a randomized control trial, we investigate the intimate partner violence impacts of Mali's national cash transfer program (Jigisémèjiri), which primarily targets men in a West African context with high levels of polygamy.
Working Paper

Understanding the linkages between social safety nets and childhood violence: A review of the evidence from low- and middle-income countries
Peterman, Amber; Neijhoft, Anastasia.; Cook, Sarah; Palermo, Tia. 2017
This publication reviews evidence and develops a framework to understand linkages between non-contributory social safety nets and the experience of childhood emotional, physical and sexual violence in low- and middle-income countries.
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Transfers, behavior change communication, and intimate partner violence: Postprogram evidence from rural Bangladesh
Roy, Shalini; Hidrobo, Melissa; Hoddinott, John F.; Ahmed, Akhter. 2017
We assess postprogram impacts on intimate partner violence of randomly assigning women in Bangladesh to receive cash or food, with or without nutrition behavior change communication.
Working Paper

The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach? A mixed methods study on causal mechanisms through which cash and in-kind food transfers decreased intimate partner violence
Buller, Anna Maria; Hidrobo, Melissa; Peterman, Amber; Heise, Lori. 2016
This mixed methods study unpacked the pathways of change that led to a reduction in intimate partner violence among cash, food and voucher recipients in northern Ecuador.
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The effect of cash, vouchers, and food transfers on intimate partner violence: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador
Hidrobo, Melissa; Peterman, Amber; Heise, Lori. 2016
Using a randomized experiment in Ecuador, this study provides evidence that cash, vouchers, and food transfers targeted to women and intended to reduce poverty and food insecurity also reduced intimate partner violence.
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Conditional cash transfers and the reduction in partner violence for young women: an investigation of causal pathways using evidence from a randomized experiment in South Africa (HPTN 068)
Kilburn, Kelly; Pettifor, Audrey; Edwards, Jessie; Selin, Amanda; Rwine, Rhian; MacPhail, Catherine; Wagner, Ryan; Hughes, James; Wang, Jing; Kahn, Kathleen. 2016
This study analyses pathways through which a conditional cash transfer to young women in high school in South Africa affected intimate partner violence.
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The effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence in young women in rural South Africa (HPTN 068): a phase 3, randomised controlled trial
Pettifor, Audrey; MacPhail, Catherine; Hughes, James; Selin, Amanda; Wang, Jing; Gomez-Olive, F Xavier; Eshleman, Susan; Wagner, Ryan; Mabuza, Wonderful; Khoza, Nomhle; Suchindran, Chirayath; Mokoena, Immitrude; Twine, Rhian; Andrew, Philip; Townley, Ellen; Laeyendecker, Olive; Agyei, Yaw; Tollman, Stephen; Kahn, Kathleen. 2016
This study assessed the effect of a conditional cash transfer on HIV incidence and intimate partner violence risk among young women in rural South Africa.
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