Can cash transfers & behavioural add-ons help encourage investment in children and re-enrolment?
In a brief, which is part of a series by the #MBRG @Oxford_CSAE, CSAE's Giulio Schinaia summarise the available evidence: http://tiny.cc/w2ttpz  1/3

Cash transfers can play a role in mitigating the negative effects of school closures during and after the ongoing pandemic.
Takeaways: (i) Labelling cash transfer for specific purposes can be as effective introducing conditions to enforce them, when it comes to enrolment. 2/3

(ii) Cash transfers combining light-touch psychological interventions could increase educational investments, but research in this area is ongoing and still needed.
(iii) Timely messaging can stimulate parental interactions and re-enrolment. 3/3