In recent decades, dozens of countries around the world have adopted cash transfer programs to combat poverty and prevent it from being passed from generation to generation. While many of these programs have been highly successful at tackling long-term poverty, incomes fluctuate due to economic shocks and the target population of social programs move. During economic crises, … [Read more...] about New Tools for Targeting Social Programs in the Midst of Crises
Marco Stampini

Marco Stampini
Marco Stampini is Social Protection Lead Specialist at the Inter-American Development Bank in Washington, DC. Prior to joining the IDB in May 2011, he was Principal Research Economist at the Development Research Department of the African Development Bank. He previously held a research position at Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies, Pisa, Italy, and consulted on various development themes for the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank. He has been Visiting Fellow at Harvard University and University of Brasilia, and Senior Lecturer at the Catholic University of America. He holds a Masters in Applied Economics from CORIPE Piedmont, and a Ph.D. in Environmental Economics from Sant'Anna School of Advanced Studies.