| Field | Before | After |
|---|---|---|
| Field Study Withdrawn | Before | After No |
| Field Data Collection Complete | Before | After Yes |
| Field Final Sample Size: Number of Clusters (Unit of Randomization) | Before | After 1,090 |
| Field Was attrition correlated with treatment status? | Before | After No |
| Field Final Sample Size: Total Number of Observations | Before | After 1,090 |
| Field Final Sample Size (or Number of Clusters) by Treatment Arms | Before | After Treatment arm: 556 households Control arm: 534 households |
| Field Public Data URL | Before | After https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/XBVYXA |
| Field Is there a restricted access data set available on request? | Before | After No |
| Field Program Files | Before | After Yes |
| Field Program Files URL | Before | After https://dataverse.harvard.edu/dataset.xhtml?persistentId=doi:10.7910/DVN/XBVYXA |
| Field Data Collection Completion Date | Before | After April 29, 2022 |
| Field Is data available for public use? | Before | After Yes |
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| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Refugees in protracted displacement are often limited in their opportunities for income-generating activities and investments, making them dependent on aid for meeting basic needs. In the context of stretched humanitarian aid budgets, it is a necessary policy question to determine ways to increase refugees’ self-reliance. In this study, we combine a randomized controlled trial with extensive longitudinal qualitative data to explore the multidimensional impacts of a large, one-time, unconditional transfer of 1,000 USD to households of predominantly South Sudanese refugees living in protracted displacement in Uganda. Estimated after 19 months, we find that the transfer significantly increased households’ consumption, asset values, business ownership, business revenue, psychological well-being, and self-reliance. We find positive but insignificant effects on food security, migration, employment, or female empowerment. Overall, a large one-time cash transfer given in the context of shocks has multidimensional improvements in refugees’ lives, providing meaningful movement towards self-reliance. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Prankur Gupta, Daniel Stein, Kyla Longman, Heather Lanthorn, Rico Bergmann, Emmanuel Nshakira-Rukundo, Noel Rutto, Christine Kahura, Winfred Kananu, Gabrielle Posner, K.J. Zhao, Penny Davis, Cash transfers amid shocks: A large, one-time, unconditional cash transfer to refugees in Uganda has multidimensional benefits after 19 months, World Development, Volume 173, 2024, 106339, ISSN 0305-750X, https://doi.org/10.1016/j.worlddev.2023.106339. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/abs/pii/S0305750X23001572?dgcid=coauthor |
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| Field Paper Abstract | Before | After Objectives: In this paper, we estimate the impact after 4–8 months of a large one-off unconditional cash transfer delivered to refugees during a time of dual shocks: the COVID-19 pandemic and cuts to monthly aid. We focus on four key outcomes: (1) health-seeking behaviour; (2) COVID-19 specific preventive health practices; (3) food security and (4) psychological well-being. Methods: We use both quantitative and qualitative data to understand the impact of a cash transfer in this context. Quantitatively, we use a baseline survey of 1200 households (Q4 2019) and follow-up with three rounds of phone surveys in Q2 and Q3 2021, capturing at least half the sample in each round. We exploit an experimental variation in the timing of the cash transfer to assess the effect of the cash transfer through ordinary least squares regressions of intention to treat. Controlling for key baseline characteristics, we analyse the effect of the cash transfer on health access, COVID-19 health practices, food security and psychological well-being. Qualitatively, we make use of a longitudinal, small-n sample of refugee respondents, each of whom we interviewed up to 15 times between February and September 2020 to understand change over time and to go deeper into key topics. Results: We do not find a statistically significant effect (6.2%, p=0.188) of receiving the cash transfer on preventative measures against COVID-19. However, households receiving the cash transfer were more food secure, with a 14.4% (p=0.011) improvement on the food security index, have better psychological well-being (24.5%, p=0.003) and are more likely to seek healthcare in the private health facilities (10.4%, p=0.057) as compared with control households. We do not find significant results on the value of food consumption. Overall, we find stronger treatment effects for households that were the first to receive the cash transfers. Conclusion: Taken together, we find significant support for the importance of cash transfers to refugee households mitigating against declines in food security and mental well-being in the face of shocks. |
| Field Paper Citation | Before | After Stein D, Bergemann R, Lanthorn H, et al Cash, COVID-19 and aid cuts: a mixed-method impact evaluation among South Sudanese refugees registered in Kiryandongo settlement, Uganda BMJ Global Health 2022;7:e007747. |
| Field Paper URL | Before | After https://doi.org/10.1136/bmjgh-2021-007747 |
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| Field Description | Before | After GiveDirectly Uganda Endline Report - Unconditional cash transfers in Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Uganda |
| Field Citation | Before | After IDinsight (2022). GiveDirectly Uganda Endline Report. Unconditional cash transfers in Kiryandongo refugee settlement, Uganda. |
| Field Url | Before | After https://www.idinsight.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/08/GiveDirectly-Uganda-Endline-IDinsight_Final.pdf.pdf |