Cash Transfers and Business Survival During Covid: Evidence from Uganda
研究了乌干达在新冠疫情期间向家庭发放的临时现金转移支付，发现其改善了企业运营状况，并对家庭收入、储蓄和粮食安全产生了持续的积极影响。
The Covid-19 pandemic and the lockdown policies that followed led to a sharp economic downturn. Many countries used cash transfers to curb the negative effects on vulnerable households but little is known about the effects of such transfers in a time of crisis, when markets are closed and movements are restricted. In this paper, we study the impacts of cash transfers to households in Uganda. Leveraging differences in the timing of the intervention, we show that the temporary cash transfers improved business outcomes during the pandemic and had persistent, positive effects on household income, savings and food security.