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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
Giving cash to families in poor, rural communities can help bring down child marriage rates – new researchChild marriages remain common in many regions of the world.AP Photo/Victoria Milko

Providing 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.

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