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In-kind Transfers and Decrease in Child Marriage - 5.1% lower
Strategy researched Interventions that support girls' school attendance and progress through cash or in-kind transfers Impact achieved Countries of study Global (LMICs) Research methodology Systematic review of 34 studies published between 2000 and 2019, covering 30 distinct evaluations Journal Journal paper title and link Excerpt from Abstract "Interventions that support girls' schooling through cash or in-kind transfers show the clearest pattern of success in preventing child marriage, with 8 of 10 medium-high quality studies showing positive results. Although limited in number, five studies on favorable job markets and targeted life skills and livelihoods training show consistent positive results. Comparatively, asset or cash transfers conditional on delaying marriage show success only among two of four evaluations, and the three studies on unconditional cash transfers for poverty mitigation show no effect. Findings also show a low success rate for multicomponent interventions with positive results in only one of eight medium-high quality studies. Further, single component interventions were much more likely to be at scale and sustainable than multicomponent interventions." |