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Enhancing refugees’ self-reliance in Uganda

The role of cash and food assistance

Year of publication 2022

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 44 p.

Author Mastrorillo, M. ; Scognamillo, A.; Ginet, C.; Pietrelli, R.; d’Errico, M.; Ignaciuk, A.;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (series)

ISBN 978-92-5-136801-5

Series title FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper

Series number No. 22-08

Synopsis (short abstract) Social protection transfers are the most widespread measures adopted to stabilize refugee households’ livelihoods and alleviate their food insecurity. This paper contributes to the literature on the effectiveness of different types of support on livelihoods and productivity outcomes of one of the largest refugee populations in Africa. Taking advantage of a unique panel dataset representative of the largest part of the 1.4 million people hosted in the Uganda refugees’ settlements, this paper investigates how different social protection interventions (cash and food) are effective in alleviating food insecurity and in contributing to beneficiaries’ self-reliance. The results show that the effectiveness of transfers depends on beneficiaries’ characteristics, on context specificity, and on the outcome assessed.

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Mastrorillo, M., Scognamillo, A., Ginet, C., Pietrelli, R., d’Errico, M. & Ignaciuk, A. 2022. Enhancing refugees’ self-reliance in Uganda – The role of cash and food assistance. FAO Agricultural Development Economics Working Paper, 22-08. Rome, FAO.


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