Social Assistance Programming in Fragile Settings: Delivery Modalities, Targeting Mechanisms, and Systemic Impacts

This session will feature presentations of new empirical work that aims to inform policy priorities and investment options for rehabilitating and rebuilding communities affected by conflict and other forms of shocks in Africa exemplified by Sudan and Ethiopia. We aim to share relevant emerging lessons and research findings conducted by CGIAR and its partners, focusing on alternative modality, programming, targeting, and delivery of social assistance programs in fragile settings.

Can Digital Cash Transfers Serve those in Active Conflict? Evidence from a Randomized Intervention in Sudan

Kibrom Abay, IFPRI

This study models the long-term economywide effects of cash transfer programs on poverty, undernourishment, and economic recovery in Sudan using a dynamic Computable General Equilibrium model. It evaluates alternative policy scenarios extending through 2030.

Gendered preference for alternative modality and delivery of humanitarian services: Evidence from Sudan

Hala Abushama, IPFRI

This study examines beneficiaries’ (including IDPs) preference for different modalities (in-kind versus cash) and delivery mechanisms (digital versus cash at hand) with a particular focus on gendered differences in preferences.

Community-based targeting of cash transfers: How do potential beneficiaries want to be targeted?

Khalid Siddig, IFPRI