Do disaster-relief cash transfers trap people in risky areas, or help them adapt?

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Do disaster-relief cash transfers trap people in risky areas, or help them adapt?

February 23, 2026

Muhammad Bin Khalid (Harvard Center for International Development) and Asst Prof Martin Mattson (NUS Economics) examine Pakistan’s 2010 floods, specifically the country’s Watan Card programme, demonstrating how cash transfers are an efficient and effective method of disaster relief, particularly for low-income recipients.

Read their article in VoxDev here.

Photo: Sgt. Monica K. Smith, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

 

 

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