Cash transfers targeting adolescent wellbeing: a scoping review of the literature in low- and middle-income countries
Simone H Crouch, Andrea Kolkenbeck-Ruh, Kathleen Kahn, Lisa K Micklesfield, Shane A Norris · 2026
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Simone H Crouch and colleagues review cash transfer programmes and teenage well-being in poorer countries in a 2026 article. Money given to households can ease tight budgets and shape diet, schooling, and health behaviour during adolescence. Most earlier proof covered babies and young children, leaving teenagers understudied.
Trials and near-experimental studies from 2012 to 2025 were gathered, with 19 meeting the entry rules from 164 finds. Nearly all ran in sub-Saharan Africa and mixed conditional, unconditional, and combined payment designs. Benefits appeared most often for schooling, money security, sexual health, and mental well-being, while direct evidence on teenage nutrition stayed sparse.
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| CREATOR | Simone H Crouch, Andrea Kolkenbeck-Ruh, Kathleen Kahn, Lisa K Micklesfield, Shane A Norris |
|---|---|
| YEAR | 2026 |
| COLLECTION | PAPERS |
| FORMAT | TXT |
| FILE SIZE | 49841 |
| LICENSE | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0 |
| RIGHTS | CC BY |
| SOURCE | Europe PMC |