[HTML][HTML] Social capital and the spread of Covid-19: Insights from European countries

AK Bartscher, S Seitz, S Siegloch, M Slotwinski… - Journal of health …, 2021 - Elsevier
We investigate the effect of social capital on health outcomes during the Covid-19 pandemic
in independent analyses for Austria, Germany, Great Britain, Italy, the Netherlands, Sweden …

Conditional cash transfers to alleviate poverty also reduced deforestation in Indonesia

PJ Ferraro, R Simorangkir - Science Advances, 2020 - science.org
Solutions to poverty and ecosystem degradation are often framed as conflicting. We ask
whether Indonesia's national anti-poverty program, which transfers cash to hundreds of …

Social assistance programs and climate resilience: reducing vulnerability through cash transfers

A Agrawal, N Kaur, C Shakya, A Norton - Current Opinion in Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
This review focuses on the relationship between cash transfer-based social assistance
programs and the climate resilience of households and communities. Governments in lower …

[HTML][HTML] Social assistance programs and birth outcomes: a systematic review and assessment of nutrition and health pathways

B Koch, S Roy, D Gilligan, M Ruel - The Journal of Nutrition, 2021 - Elsevier
Background Poor birth outcomes are an important global public health problem. Social
assistance programs that provide cash or in-kind transfers, such as food or vouchers, hold …

[HTML][HTML] Cash transfers increase trust in local government

DK Evans, B Holtemeyer, K Kosec - World Development, 2019 - Elsevier
How does a locally-managed conditional cash transfer program impact trust in government?
On the one hand, delivering monetary benefits and increasing interactions with government …

State fragility, social contracts and the role of social protection: Perspectives from the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region

M Loewe, T Zintl - Social Sciences, 2021 - mdpi.com
Social contracts and state fragility represent two sides of one coin. The former concept
highlights that governments need to deliver three “Ps”—protection, provision, and political …

Disentangling the relationship between social protection and social cohesion: Introduction to the special issue

F Burchi, M Loewe, D Malerba… - The European Journal …, 2022 - pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
While there is substantial evidence of the effect of social protection on poverty and
vulnerability, limited research has focused on societal outcomes. This paper serves as …

Economic transfers and social cohesion in a refugee-hosting setting

E Valli, A Peterman, M Hidrobo - The Journal of Development …, 2019 - Taylor & Francis
There is increasing interest in understanding if social protection can foster social cohesion,
particularly between refugees and host communities. Using a cluster randomised control …

Economic interventions for the prevention of mental health problems: The role of cash transfers.

DB Machado, FJO Alves, V Patel - American Journal of …, 2024 - psycnet.apa.org
There is a strong, bidirectional association between social disadvantage and poor mental
health. The risk of experiencing mental health problems is particularly enhanced by factors …

The predictors of social capital in agricultural consultation, technical, and engineering service companies

P Ataei, AM Dastenaei, N Izadi, H Karimi… - Heliyon, 2024 - cell.com
Social capital is an essential type of capital that influences the growth and development of
societies. The present descriptive-survey research aimed to capture CEOs' social capital …