Evaluation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes in a developing country context indicates a positive impact on increasing enrollment but finds mixed evidence on improving learning outcomes. Using representative rural household survey data, we evaluated one of the largest CCT programmes...

Does information dissemination among beneficiaries of welfare programs mitigate implementation failures that undermine these programs? We present experimental evidence on this question in the context of the rural public works program in India. A noble intervention that involves accessing micro...

Over the past two decades, conditional cash transfer programmes have gained importance to improve schooling outcomes and delay female child marriage. This paper evaluates the impact of one of such programme implemented in West Bengal (WB) since 2013 known as the Kanyashree Prakalpya (KP) on...

This paper assesses the impact of an information dissemination intervention on the local-level implementation of the rural public works program in India. One key feature of the intervention is to provide information to workers once their wages get credited into their accounts. Using...