{"type":"script","doc_desc":{"producers":[{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","abbr":"DECDI","affiliation":"World Bank - Development Impact Department","role":"Verification and preparation of metadata"}],"prod_date":"2025-11-04","version":"1"},"project_desc":{"authoring_entity":[{"name":"Damien de Walque","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"ddewalque@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Richard Akresh","affiliation":"University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign,","email":"akresh@illinois.edu"},{"name":"Harounan Kazianga","affiliation":"Oklahoma State University","email":"harounan.kazianga@okstate.edu"},{"name":"Abigail Stocker","affiliation":"College of William and Mary","email":"ajstocker@wm.edu"}],"title_statement":{"title":"Reproducibility package for Medium-Term Impacts Of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, And Home Visits For Child Development","idno":"RR_BFA_2025_475"},"data_statement":"Some data is not yet publicly available but is expected to be made available through the World Bank Microdata Library and Development Data Hub in the future.","software":[{"name":"Stata","version":"18 MP"}],"scripts":[{"title":"Reproducibility package for Medium-Term Impacts Of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, And Home Visits For Child Development","date":"2025-11","notes":"Computational reproducibility verified by Development Impact (DECDI) Analytics team, World Bank.","instructions":"See README in reproducibility package.","file_name":"RR_BFA_2025_475","zip_package":"RR_BFA_2025_475.zip","dependencies":"Stata dependencies are listed in the ado folder."}],"repository_uri":[{"name":"Reproducible Research Repository (World Bank)","uri":"https:\/\/reproducibility.worldbank.org"}],"production_date":"2025-11-04","abstract":"Cash transfers are a critical part of social safety nets. However, integrated programs combining cash and parenting interventions through either group-based information meetings or home visits have recently been adopted to improve child development. Working with the Burkina Faso government, we conduct a randomized experiment in 225 rural villages to assess the impact of an integrated social safety net over the child\u2019s life cycle. Villages were randomized to a control group or one of the following treatments: cash transfers; cash transfers plus government-run group-based information meetings focused on children\u2019s health and psychosocial development; or cash transfers, information, and home visits reinforcing the information meetings. Fifteen months after treatment ended, households receiving cash, information, and home visits have fewer pregnancies, more medically assisted childbirths, enhanced health behaviors, and better educational outcomes. Home visits are critical for improving early childhood development, while cash, with or without information, shows no such lasting impacts.","geographic_units":[{"name":"Burkina Faso","code":"BFA"}],"keywords":[{"name":"Early Childhood Development"},{"name":"Home Visits"},{"name":"Cash Transfers"},{"name":"Africa"}],"topics":[{"id":"J13","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Fertility \u2022 Family Planning \u2022 Child Care \u2022 Children \u2022 Youth","parent_id":"J1"},{"id":" I38","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Government Policy \u2022 Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs","parent_id":"I3"},{"id":" O12","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development","parent_id":"O1"},{"id":" I12","uri":"https:\/\/www.aeaweb.org\/econlit\/jelCodes.php?view=jel","vocabulary":"Journal of Economic Literature (JEL)","name":"Health Behavior","parent_id":"I1"}],"output":[{"type":"Working Paper","description":"Policy Research Working Papers (PRWP)","title":"Medium-Term Impacts Of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, And Home Visits For Child Development"}],"language":[{"name":"English","code":"EN"}],"disclaimer":"The materials in the reproducibility packages are distributed as they were prepared by the staff of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development\/The World Bank. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this event do not necessarily reflect the views of the World Bank, the Executive Directors of the World Bank, or the governments they represent. The World Bank does not guarantee the accuracy of the materials included in the reproducibility package.","license":[{"name":"Modified BSD3","uri":"https:\/\/opensource.org\/license\/bsd-3-clause\/"}],"contacts":[{"name":"Damien de Walque","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"ddewalque@worldbank.org"},{"name":"Reproducibility WBG","affiliation":"World Bank","email":"reproducibility@worldbank.org"}],"reproduction_instructions":"1. **Secure Access to Data:** Access the datasets not included in the package. See subsection Datasets and the README for more details.\n2. **Download and Place Data:** Once the data is downloaded, users should place it in the appropriate folder.\n3. **Run the Package:** After placing the data in the folder:\n      - Update the global in line 8 of the do-file \"00_master_do_2025June\" to your folder's location and run the do-file\n\nSince all the data is not included, the package includes the results produced by replicators in the Results folder. These files can be used to review the results presented in the paper.","technology_requirements":"Run time: ~ 2 hours","technology_environment":"Paper exhibits were reproduced on a computer with the following specifications:\n\u2022 OS: Windows 11 Enterprise\n\u2022 Processor: INTEL(R) XEON(R) PLATINUM 8562Y+ 2.80 GHz (4 processors)\n\u2022 Memory available: 32.0 GB","datasets":[{"name":"Burkina Faso Social Safety Net Pilot Project (SSNPP) Baseline and Endline Surveys","access_type":"Forthcoming on Microdata Library.","note":"Comprehensive household surveys focused on health, education, and early childhood development in villages included in the SSNPP evaluation sample. Baseline conducted January\u2013May 2018; Endline conducted March\u2013April 2022. \nFiles: Anonymized Sections 2025May\/Baseline_IE_[section] and Endline_IE_[section] (listed in the README).","citation":"Richard Akresh, Damien de Walque, Harounan Kazianga, Abigail Stocker. 2025. \"Burkina Faso Social Safety Net Pilot Project (SSNPP) Baseline and Endline Surveys [dataset]\"."},{"access_type":"Forthcoming on Development Data Hub.","note":"Data compiled by the authors using conflict data from the Uppsala Conflict Data Program (UCDP) (Davies et al., 2023; Sundberg & Melander, 2013). GPS coordinates for conflict events from January 2018 to May 2022 were used to calculate each village\u2019s distance to the nearest conflict event. Villages below the median distance were classified as close to conflict, while those above were classified as far from conflict. Accessed in 2024. \nFiles: Anonymized Sections 2025May\/Conflict_Villages_Mar2024.dta","name":"Burkina Faso Social Safety Net Pilot Project (SSNPP) Conflict data merged with village indicators","citation":"Richard Akresh, Damien de Walque, Harounan Kazianga, Abigail Stocker. 2025. Burkina Faso Social Safety Net Pilot Project (SSNPP) Conflict data merged with village indicators."},{"name":"Growth Reference Dataset","note":"Data compiled by the authors using the supplementary files of  the paper \"A Growth Reference for Mid Upper Arm Circumference for Age among School Age Children and Adolescents, with Validation for Mortality in Two Cohorts.\"\nFiles: Anonymized Sections 2025May\/MUAC_5_19_2022June22.xlsx","citation":"Mramba, L., Ngari, M., Mwangome, M., Muchai, L., Bauni, E., Walker, A. S., Gibb, D. M., Fegan, G., & Berkley, J. A. (2017). A growth reference for mid upper arm circumference for age among school age children and adolescents, and validation for mortality: growth curve construction and longitudinal cohort study. BMJ (Clinical research ed.), 358, j3423. https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1136\/bmj.j3423, accessed 2022.","access_type":"Publicly available and included in the package. "}]},"tags":[{"tag":"DOI"},{"tag":"Forthcoming Data"},{"tag":"Open Code"}],"schematype":"script"}