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Policy Research Working Paper11270Medium-Term Impacts of Integrated Social Safety NetsCash Transfers, Information Meetings, and Home Visits for Child DevelopmentRichard AkreshDamien de WalqueHarounan KaziangaAbigail StockerDevelopment Economics Development Research GroupDecember 2025 A verified reproducibility package for this paper is available at http://reproducibility.worldbank.org, click here for direct access. Produced by the Research Support TeamAbstractThe Policy Research Working Paper Series disseminates the findings of work in progress to encourage the exchange of ideas about development issues. An objective of the series is to get the findings out quickly, even if the presentations are less than fully polished. The papers carry the names of the authors and should be cited accordingly. The findings, interpretations, and conclusions expressed in this paper are entirely those of the authors. They do not necessarily represent the views of the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development/World Bank and its affiliated organizations, or those of the Executive Directors of the World Bank or the governments they represent.Policy Research Working Paper 11270Cash transfers are a cornerstone of social protection. This paper evaluates an integrated program in Burkina Faso that combines cash transfers with parenting interventions delivered through group meetings or home visits. In a randomized experiment across 225 villages, households received cash alone; cash plus information on child health and development; or cash, information, and home visits reinforcing the information. Fifteen months after treatment ended, households receiving all three components had fewer pregnancies, more medically assisted births, improved health behaviors, and better educational outcomes. Adding home visits is essential for enhancing child development. Cash alone or with information produces no lasting effects.This paper is a product of the Development Research Group, Development Economics. It is part of a larger effort by the World Bank to provide open access to its research and make a contribution to development policy discussions around the world. Policy Research Working Papers are also posted on the Web at http://www.worldbank.org/prwp. The authors may be contacted at akresh@illinois.edu, ddewalque@worldbank.org, harounan.kazianga@okstate.edu and ajstocker@wm.edu. A verified reproducibility package for this paper is available at http://reproducibility.worldbank.org, click here for direct access. POLICY RESEARCH WORKING PAPERSTRANSPARENTANALYSISMedium-Term Impacts of Integrated Social Safety Nets: Cash Transfers, Information Meetings, and Home Visits for Child Development*Richard Akresh University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Damien de Walque The World Bank Harounan Kazianga Oklahoma State University Abigail Stocker College of William & Mary JEL Codes: J13, I38, O12, I12 Keywords: Early Childhood Development, Home Visits, Cash Transfers, Africa *