Saturating the Safety Net: Cash Transfers, Skills, and Spillovers in an Urban Refugee Economy

Work in Progress

Recommended citation: Ipapa, G., A. Zeitlin, B. Jack, and A. Wendo. "Saturating the Safety Net: Cash Transfers, Skills, and Spillovers in an Urban Refugee Economy." Work in Progress.

With Andrew Zeitlin, Billy Jack, and Alex Wendo.

A randomized saturation-design RCT among roughly 4,000 refugee and host-community households in urban Nairobi, measuring the effects of cash and entrepreneurship training on livelihoods, social cohesion, and local prices. AEA-registered pre-analysis plan; baseline and three quarterly follow-ups complete, endline underway.