Cash-transfer programmes reduce mortality in low- and middle-income countries

Nature, Published online: 31 May 2023; doi:10.1038/d41586-023-01507-x

Cash-transfer programmes have emerged as central components of poverty-reduction strategies in many countries, and became even more common during the COVID-19 pandemic. An analysis of 37 low- and middle-income countries finds that these programmes led to marked reductions in population-level mortality in adult women and young children.

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