A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries
There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner violence (IPV). However, little is known about how CTs achieve this impact. We conducted a mixed-method review of studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Fourteen quantitative and eight qualitative s...
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| author | Buller, Ana Maria Peterman, Amber Ranganathan, Meghna Bleile, Alexandra Hidrobo, Melissa Heise, Lori |
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| description | There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner violence (IPV). However, little is known about how CTs achieve this impact. We conducted a mixed-method review of studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Fourteen quantitative and eight qualitative studies met our inclusion criteria, of which eleven and five, respectively, demonstrated evidence that CTs decrease IPV. We found little support for increases in IPV, with only two studies showing overall mixed or adverse impacts. Drawing on these studies, as well as related bodies of evidence, we developed a program theory proposing three pathways through which CT could impact IPV: (a) economic security and emotional well-being, (b) intra-household conflict, and (c) women's empowerment. The economic security and well-being pathway hypothesizes decreases in IPV, while the other two pathways have ambiguous effects depending on program design features and behavioral responses to program components. Future studies should improve IPV measurement, empirical analysis of program mechanisms, and fill regional gaps. Program framing and complementary activities, including those with the ability to shift intra-household power relations are likely to be important design features for understanding how to maximize and leverage the impact of CTs for reducing IPV, and mitigating potential adverse impacts. Intimate partner violence. Domestic violence. Cash transfers. Women's empowerment. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1466322025-02-24T06:47:37Z A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries Buller, Ana Maria Peterman, Amber Ranganathan, Meghna Bleile, Alexandra Hidrobo, Melissa Heise, Lori gender methods social protection economic security empowerment evaluation alcoholism developing countries cash transfers domestic violence quantitative analysis women There is increasing evidence that cash transfer (CT) programs decrease intimate partner violence (IPV). However, little is known about how CTs achieve this impact. We conducted a mixed-method review of studies in low- and middle-income countries (LMICs). Fourteen quantitative and eight qualitative studies met our inclusion criteria, of which eleven and five, respectively, demonstrated evidence that CTs decrease IPV. We found little support for increases in IPV, with only two studies showing overall mixed or adverse impacts. Drawing on these studies, as well as related bodies of evidence, we developed a program theory proposing three pathways through which CT could impact IPV: (a) economic security and emotional well-being, (b) intra-household conflict, and (c) women's empowerment. The economic security and well-being pathway hypothesizes decreases in IPV, while the other two pathways have ambiguous effects depending on program design features and behavioral responses to program components. Future studies should improve IPV measurement, empirical analysis of program mechanisms, and fill regional gaps. Program framing and complementary activities, including those with the ability to shift intra-household power relations are likely to be important design features for understanding how to maximize and leverage the impact of CTs for reducing IPV, and mitigating potential adverse impacts. Intimate partner violence. Domestic violence. Cash transfers. Women's empowerment. 2018-09-20 2024-06-21T09:07:51Z 2024-06-21T09:07:51Z Journal Article https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146632 en https://doi.org/10.2499/9780896293793 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ssmph.2021.100822 Open Access Oxford Academic Buller, Ana Maria; Peterman, Amber; Ranganathan, Meghna; Bleile, Alexandra; Hidrobo, Melissa; Heise, Lori. 2018. A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries. The World Bank Research Observer 33(2): 218-258. https://doi.org/10.1093/wbro/lky002 |
| spellingShingle | gender methods social protection economic security empowerment evaluation alcoholism developing countries cash transfers domestic violence quantitative analysis women Buller, Ana Maria Peterman, Amber Ranganathan, Meghna Bleile, Alexandra Hidrobo, Melissa Heise, Lori A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries |
| title | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_full | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_fullStr | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_full_unstemmed | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_short | A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low- and middle-income countries |
| title_sort | mixed method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle income countries |
| topic | gender methods social protection economic security empowerment evaluation alcoholism developing countries cash transfers domestic violence quantitative analysis women |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/146632 |
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