In a Bloomberg piece, Dr. Kate Orkin discusses policy options for countries during the pandemic and how many arguments against cash transfers are not supported by rigorous evidence.
MBRG lead Kate Orkin has won the ESRC award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact, for her role advising the South African government during COVID-19 and beyond. She influenced £4.87 billion in spending that helped 28.5 million people and saved 5.5 million from extreme poverty.
MBRG research on cash transfer payments in Kenya and South Africa featured on the University of Oxford news website.
The MBRG's Kate Orkin has been nominated for the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Prize 2023 for the extraordinary impact of research-driven poverty relief measures in South Africa.
The lockdown in South Asia has led to mass migration of people back to their home towns and villages as the work opportunities in urban centres shrink. Researchers discuss the public health risk this poses to rural areas.
François Gerard, Clément Imbert and Kate Orkin argue that by using a broader patchwork of solutions than higher-income countries, low-income and middle-income countries can cast an emergency safety net with extensive coverage.
A VoxEU.org column co-authored by researcher Lukas Hensel discusses using Google search activity and individual survey data to document a rapid increase in economic anxiety in the US in response to the initial global spreading of the virus.
MBRG lead Kate Orkin has won the ESRC award for Outstanding Public Policy Impact, for her role advising the South African government during COVID-19 and beyond. She influenced £4.87 billion in spending that helped 28.5 million people and saved 5.5 million from extreme poverty.
MBRG research on cash transfer payments in Kenya and South Africa featured on the University of Oxford news website.
The MBRG's Kate Orkin has been nominated for the Economic and Social Research Council Impact Prize 2023 for the extraordinary impact of research-driven poverty relief measures in South Africa.