The Difference a Dollar a Day Can Make

Lessons from UNICEF Jordan's Hajati cash transfer programme

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Highlights

What difference does a dollar a day make? For the poorest households in Jordan, many of whom escaped conflict in the Syrian Arab Republic, UNICEF Jordan’s Hajati humanitarian cash transfer programme helps them keep their children in school, fed and clothed – all for less than one dollar per day. In fact, cash transfers have the potential to touch on myriad of child and household well-being outcomes beyond food security and schooling.

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Luisa Natali; Jacobus de Hoop
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English

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