Transfers and Targeting for Health: Optimizing the Design of Maternity Benefits

The team’s research aimed to (a) learn about current deficiencies in maternal and newborn health in Delhi and (b) understand barriers, both social and institutional, to improving outcomes. This work aimed to inform the design of a full evaluation of a planned maternity cash transfer program to be conducted in partnership with the Government of Delhi. Subsequent research aimed to understand cash transfer design aspects like varying the conditionality of the transfer, the identity of the recipient, and the timing of the transfer in order maximize beneficiary impact and program cost effectiveness.

This pilot project is now closed, and results have been shared. It did not develop into a full evaluation.