The world's largest conditional cash transfer programme, the Bolsa Família Programme (BFP), is associated with a substantial reduction in AIDS cases and deaths, especially among brown and black women ...

Cash grants made directly to poor families or individuals have led to fewer deaths among women and young children, according to a new analysis of more than 7 million people in 37 countries. In ...

Cash transfer programs can positively affect adolescent girls’ sexual and reproductive health. For example, one cash transfer program in South Africa reduced adolescent girls’ risk of intimate partner ...

Large-scale, government-led cash transfer programs drove significant improvements in health outcomes across low- and middle-income countries (LMICs), according to a major new study in The Lancet from ...

Over the past two decades, conditional cash transfer programmes have led to a 24% reduction in child mortality in Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador, equivalent to more than 700,000 child deaths averted, ...

Over the past two decades, conditional cash transfer programs have led to a 24% reduction in child mortality in Brazil, Mexico and Ecuador, equivalent to more than 700,000 child deaths averted, ...

Sometime in the recent past, I was having an interesting chat with a friend that is working with The World Bank when he said something sublime rather offhandedly. Encapsulating the conundrum that has ...

In 2023, the United States produced $28 trillion worth of goods and services. The average family had a net worth of $192,900. Shares in American companies accounted for more than half of global-market ...

A New York City shelter provider plans to give 100 homeless families monthly cash payments for two years to help them move out of shelters faster. Researchers say that while universal basic income and ...

Over half of Canadians feel “financially paralyzed” by the cost-of-living crisis, according to a recent poll. As life becomes more unaffordable for more people, we need governments to create policies ...