From humanitarian to development assistance
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| Project's full title | From humanitarian to development assistance: Cash plus interventions in Somalia |
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| Tags | |
| Countries | Somalia |
| Start date | 31/10/2020 |
| End date | 01/02/2022 |
| Status | Closed |
| Recipient / Target Areas | Somalia |
| Objective / Goal | In partnership with Middlebury College, this project implements an experimental impact evaluation to assess the impacts of providing agro-pastoralist in Somalia with longer-term cash transfers bundled with extension advice, relative to the standard short-term humanitarian assist support typical used in Somalia |
| Partners | USAID Markets, Risk and Resilience Innovation Lab |
| SDG(S) | |
| Related publications |
Evaluating the impacts of cash and complementary agricultural support interventions in fragile settings: Evidence from Somalia29/11/2022This brief summarizes the evidence on the impacts of FAO 'Cash plus agricultural inputs' program in Somalia on food security, adoption of agricultural practices, wealth and productive assets. 
Evaluating the impacts of cash and complementary agricultural support interventions in fragile settings30/11/2022This study examines the FAO cash plus agriculture program in Somalia. This multi-faceted intervention provides agricultural inputs, training and cash transfers to vulnerable agro-pastoralist households living in districts and villages that experienced severe weather shocks. We exploit variations in the implementation of this program to assess the effect of receiving inputs only and inputs plus cash on a range of protective and productive outcomes. |