| Structural adjustment policies, income distribution and poverty: a review of the Jamaican experience S Handa, D King World Development 25 (6), 915-930, 1997 | 125 | 1997 |
| Children of austerity: Impact of the great recession on child poverty in rich countries B Cantillon, Y Chzhen, S Handa, B Nolan Oxford University Press, 2017 | 122 | 2017 |
| The household and individual-level productive impacts of cash transfer programs in Sub-Saharan Africa S Daidone, B Davis, S Handa, P Winters American journal of agricultural economics 101 (5), 1401-1431, 2019 | 118 | 2019 |
| The effect of cash transfers and household vulnerability on food security in Zimbabwe G Bhalla, S Handa, G Angeles, D Seidenfeld Food policy 74, 82-99, 2018 | 116 | 2018 |
| Evaluating the impact of cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa: an introduction to the special issue B Davis, M Gaarder, S Handa, J Yablonski Journal of development effectiveness 4 (1), 1-8, 2012 | 114 | 2012 |
| Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health G Angeles, J de Hoop, S Handa, K Kilburn, A Milazzo, A Peterman, ... Social Science & Medicine 225, 108-119, 2019 | 107 | 2019 |
| Examination of performance of the Center for Epidemiologic Studies Depression Scale Short Form 10 among African youth in poor, rural households K Kilburn, L Prencipe, L Hjelm, A Peterman, S Handa, T Palermo BMC psychiatry 18, 1-13, 2018 | 94 | 2018 |
| The determinants of teenage schooling in Jamaica: Rich vs. poor, females vs. males S Handa The Journal of Development Studies 32 (4), 554-580, 1996 | 91 | 1996 |
| Targeting effectiveness of social cash transfer programmes in three African countries S Handa, C Huang, N Hypher, C Teixeira, FV Soares, B Davis Journal of development effectiveness 4 (1), 78-108, 2012 | 86 | 2012 |
| The impact of education, income, and mortality on fertility in Jamaica S Handa World Development 28 (1), 173-186, 2000 | 85 | 2000 |
| The impact of Kenya's Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on human capital Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team Journal of development effectiveness 4 (1), 38-49, 2012 | 84 | 2012 |
| MATERNAL EDUCATION AND CHILD ATTAINMENT IN JAMAICA: TESTING THE BARGAINING POWER HYPOTHESIS† S Handa Oxford Bulletin of Economics and Statistics 58 (1), 119-137, 1996 | 81 | 1996 |
| Impacts of the Malawi social cash transfer program on household food and nutrition security K Brugh, G Angeles, P Mvula, M Tsoka, S Handa Food Policy 76, 19-32, 2018 | 75 | 2018 |
| Is graduation from social safety nets possible? Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa S Daidone, L Pellerano, S Handa, B Davis IDS Bulletin 46 (2), 93-102, 2015 | 70 | 2015 |
| The impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer Program for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on household spending Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team Journal of Development Effectiveness 4 (1), 9-37, 2012 | 70 | 2012 |
| Social protection in eastern and southern Africa: a framework and strategy for UNICEF L Blank, S Handa | 70 | 2008 |
| Income transfers and maternal health: evidence from a national randomized social cash transfer program in Zambia S Handa, A Peterman, D Seidenfeld, G Tembo Health economics 25 (2), 225-236, 2016 | 68 | 2016 |
| Zambia’s Child Grant Programme: 24-month impact report on productive activities and labour allocation S Daidone, B Davis, J Dewbre FAO;, 2014 | 68 | 2014 |
| Short-term impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program on child schooling: Experimental evidence from Malawi K Kilburn, S Handa, G Angeles, P Mvula, M Tsoka Economics of education review 59, 63-80, 2017 | 67 | 2017 |
| Cash transfer programmes, weather shocks and household welfare: evidence from a randomised experiment in Zambia S Asfaw, A Carraro, B Davis, S Handa, D Seidenfeld Journal of Development Effectiveness 9 (4), 419-442, 2017 | 65 | 2017 |
Amber PetermanUniversity of North Carolina (UNC), Transfer Project & CGD non-resident fellowVerified email at email.unc.edu