Giving cash to families in poor, rural communities can help bring down child marriage rates – new research
- Written by Sudarno Sumarto, Visiting Professor at the Center for International Development, Harvard Kennedy School
Child marriages remain common in many regions of the world.AP Photo/Victoria MilkoProviding cash transfers to low-income families can reduce child marriage rates among girls living in rural communities.
That is what we found in a recent study looking at the impact of social assistance programs that gave money to families in Indonesia.
In 2006, the...