Amber Peterman

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• UNICEF Evaluation Office
  • https://www.unicef.org/evaluation/
  • location: Kenya, Nairobi

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• The Effect of Cash, Vouchers, and Food Transfers on Intimate Partner Violence: Evidence from a Randomized Experiment in Northern Ecuador (repec:aea:aejapp:v:8:y:2016:i:3:p:284-303)
  by Melissa Hidrobo & Amber Peterman & Lori Heise
• A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in non-land agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries (repec:ags:faoaes:289010)
  by Peterman, Amber & Behrman, Julia & Quisumbing, Agnes
• Estimates and determinants of sexual violence against women in the Democratic Republic of Congo (repec:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2010.300070_9)
  by Peterman, A. & Palermo, T. & Bredenkamp, C.
• Women's individual asset ownership and experience of intimate partner violence: Evidence from 28 international surveys (repec:aph:ajpbhl:10.2105/ajph.2017.303694_7)
  by Peterman, A. & Pereira, A. & Bleck, J. & Palermo, T.M. & Yount, K.M.
• Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: myth and reality (repec:bla:agecon:v:46:y:2015:i:3:p:403-434)
  by Cheryl Doss & Chiara Kovarik & Amber Peterman & Agnes Quisumbing & Mara Bold
• Widowhood and Asset Inheritance in Sub-Saharan Africa: Empirical Evidence from 15 Countries (repec:bla:devpol:v:30:y:2012:i:5:p:543-571)
  by Amber Peterman
• Is There Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents (repec:bla:obuest:v:78:y:2016:i:4:p:470-500)
  by Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman
• Pandemics and Violence Against Women and Children (repec:cgd:wpaper:528)
  by Amber Peterman & Alina Potts & Megan O'Donnell & Kelly Thompson & Niyati Shah & Sabine Oertelt-Prigione & Nicole van Gelder
• Social Safety Nets, Women’s Economic Achievements and Agency: A Systematic Review and Meta-Analysis (RePEc:cgd:wpaper:684)
  by Amber Peterman & Jingying Wang & Kevin Kamto Sonke & Janina Steinert
• Cash, food, or vouchers? Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador (repec:eee:deveco:v:107:y:2014:i:c:p:144-156)
  by Hidrobo, Melissa & Hoddinott, John & Peterman, Amber & Margolies, Amy & Moreira, Vanessa
• Impact of the Kenya Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children on early pregnancy and marriage of adolescent girls (repec:eee:socmed:v:141:y:2015:i:c:p:36-45)
  by Handa, Sudhanshu & Peterman, Amber & Huang, Carolyn & Halpern, Carolyn & Pettifor, Audrey & Thirumurthy, Harsha
• Government of Malawi's unconditional cash transfer improves youth mental health (repec:eee:socmed:v:225:y:2019:i:c:p:108-119)
  by Angeles, Gustavo & de Hoop, Jacobus & Handa, Sudhanshu & Kilburn, Kelly & Milazzo, Annamaria & Peterman, Amber
• ‘Poverty can break a home’: Exploring mechanisms linking cash plus programming and intimate partner violence in Ghana (repec:eee:socmed:v:292:y:2022:i:c:s0277953621008534)
  by Barrington, Clare & Peterman, Amber & Akaligaung, Akalpa J. & Palermo, Tia & de Milliano, Marlous & Aborigo, Raymond A.
• Incontinence and trauma: Sexual violence, female genital cutting and proxy measures of gynecological fistula (repec:eee:socmed:v:68:y:2009:i:5:p:971-979)
  by Peterman, Amber & Johnson, Kiersten
• Context and measurement: An analysis of the relationship between intrahousehold decision making and autonomy (repec:eee:wdevel:v:111:y:2018:i:c:p:97-112)
  by Seymour, Greg & Peterman, Amber
• Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda and Yemen (repec:eee:wdevel:v:141:y:2021:i:c:s0305750x20305155)
  by Peterman, Amber & Schwab, Benjamin & Roy, Shalini & Hidrobo, Melissa & Gilligan, Daniel O.
• Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi (repec:eee:wdevel:v:175:y:2024:i:c:s0305750x23003017)
  by Lambon-Quayefio, Monica & Peterman, Amber & Handa, Sudhanshu & Molotsky, Adria & Otchere, Frank & Mvula, Peter & Tsoka, Maxton & de Hoop, Jacobus & Angeles, Gustavo & Kilburn, Kelly & Milazzo, Annamar
• Opening Up Pandora's Box: The Effect of Gender Targeting and Conditionality on Household Spending Behavior in Mexico's Progresa Program (repec:eee:wdevel:v:37:y:2009:i:6:p:1129-1142)
  by Handa, Sudhanshu & Peterman, Amber & Davis, Benjamin & Stampini, Marco
• The Women’s Empowerment in Agriculture Index (repec:eee:wdevel:v:52:y:2013:i:c:p:71-91)
  by Alkire, Sabina & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes & Seymour, Greg & Vaz, Ana
• Resettlement and Gender Dimensions of Land Rights in Post-Conflict Northern Uganda (repec:eee:wdevel:v:64:y:2014:i:c:p:583-596)
  by Adelman, Sarah & Peterman, Amber
• Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program (repec:eee:wdevel:v:64:y:2014:i:c:p:860-872)
  by Santos, Florence & Fletschner, Diana & Savath, Vivien & Peterman, Amber
• Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Program (repec:eee:wdevel:v:95:y:2017:i:c:p:55-72)
  by Bonilla, Juan & Zarzur, Rosa Castro & Handa, Sudhanshu & Nowlin, Claire & Peterman, Amber & Ring, Hannah & Seidenfeld, David
• Still a leap of faith: microfinance initiatives for reduction of violence against women and children in low-income and middle-income countries (repec:ehl:lserod:103646)
  by Peterman, Amber & Palermo, Tia M. & Ferrari, Giulia
• Can Government-Allocated Land Contribute to Food Security? Intrahousehold Analysis of West Bengal’s Microplot Allocation Program (repec:ess:wpaper:id:5708)
  by Florence Santos & Diana Fletschner & Vivien Savath & Amber Peterman
• Social protection and gender: policy, practice and research (repec:fpr:gsspwp:144240)
  by Hidrobo, Melissa & Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Lambon-Quayefio, Monica & Roy, Shalini & Gilligan, Daniel O. & Paz, Florencia
• Why gender-sensitive social protection is critical to the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries (repec:fpr:ifpric:133831)
  by Hidrobo, Melissa & Kumar, Neha & Palermo, Tia & Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini
• Toward gender equality: A critical assessment of evidence on social safety nets in Africa (repec:fpr:ifpric:9780896293649_10)
  by Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Pereira, Audrey & Gilligan, Daniel O.
• Understanding gender differences in agricultural productivity in Uganda and Nigeria (repec:fpr:ifprid:1003)
  by Behrman, Julia & Nkonya, Ephraim & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes
• Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health and birth outcomes?: Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales (repec:fpr:ifprid:1080)
  by Peterman, Amber & de Brauw, Alan
• Cash, food, or vouchers?: Evidence from a randomized experiment in northern Ecuador (repec:fpr:ifprid:1234)
  by Hidrobo, Melissa & Hoddinott, John F. & Margolies, Amy & Moreira, Vanessa & Peterman, Amber
• Gender inequalities in ownership and control of land in Africa: Myths versus reality: (repec:fpr:ifprid:1308)
  by Doss, Cheryl & Kovarik, Chiara & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & van den Bold, Mara
• Can government-allocated land contribute to food security? Intrahousehold analysis of West Bengal’s microplot allocation program: (repec:fpr:ifprid:1310)
  by Fletschner, Diana & Peterman, Amber & Santos, Florence & Savath, Vivien
• Land, assets, and livelihoods: Gendered analysis of evidence from Odisha State in India: (repec:fpr:ifprid:1323)
  by Fletschner, Diana & Peterman, Amber & Santos, Florence & Savath, Vivien
• Filling the legal void? Experimental evidence from a community-based legal aid program for gender-equal land rights in Tanzania (repec:fpr:ifprid:1434)
  by Mueller, Valerie & Billings, Lucy & Mogues, Tewodaj & Peterman, Amber & Wineman, Ayala
• Measuring women’s decisionmaking: Indicator choice and survey design experiments from cash and food transfer evaluations in Ecuador, Uganda, and Yemen (repec:fpr:ifprid:1453)
  by Peterman, Amber & Schwab, Benjamin & Roy, Shalini & Hidrobo, Melissa & Gilligan, Daniel O.
• Understanding the measurement of women’s autonomy: Illustrations from Bangladesh and Ghana (repec:fpr:ifprid:1656)
  by Seymour, Gregory & Peterman, Amber
• Towards gender equality: A review of evidence on social safety nets in Africa (repec:fpr:ifprid:1903)
  by Peterman, Amber & Kumar, Neha & Pereira, Audrey & Gilligan, Daniel O.
• Disclosure of violence against women and girls in Senegal (repec:fpr:ifprid:2195)
  by Peterman, Amber & Dione, Malick & Le Port, Agnès & Briaux, Justine & Lamesse, Fatma & Hidrobo, Melissa
• C’est la vie! Mixed impacts of an edutainment television series in West Africa (repec:fpr:ifprid:2210)
  by Dione, Malick & Heckert, Jessica & Hidrobo, Melissa & Le Port, Agnès & Peterman, Amber & Seye, Moustapha
• Social protection and gender: policy, practice and research (repec:fpr:ifprid:2257)
  by Gilligan, Daniel O. & Hidrobo, Melissa & Kumar, Neha & Lambon-Quayefio, Monica & Paz, Flor & Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini
• A review of empirical evidence on gender differences in nonland agricultural inputs, technology, and services in developing countries (repec:fpr:ifprid:975)
  by Behrman, Julia & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes
• Synopsis of Gender in agriculture: Closing the knowledge gap: (repec:fpr:issbrf:84)
  by Behrman, Julia A. & Croppenstedt, André & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Raney, Terri L.
• Cash transfers and intimate partner violence: A research view on design and implementation for risk mitigation and prevention (repec:fpr:issbrf:9780896294332)
  by Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini
• Gender-sensitive social protection: A critical component of the COVID-19 response in low- and middle-income countries (repec:fpr:issbrf:april2020)
  by Hidrobo, Melissa & Kumar, Neha & Palermo, Tia & Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini
• Cash transfers and intimate partner violence (IPV) in low- and middle-income settings: A joint research agenda to inform and practice (repec:fpr:prnote:134445)
  by Peterman, Amber & Roy, Shalini & Hidrobo, Melissa & Billings, Lucy & Palermo, Tia & Barrington, Clare & Ranganathan, Meghna & Buller, Ana Maria & Heise, Lori & Phillips, Pace & Bates-Jeffreys, Ellen
• Evaluation of grassroots community–based legal aid activities in Uganda and Tanzania: Strengthening women’s legal knowledge and land rights (repec:fpr:worpps:108)
  by Peterman, Amber & Billings, Lucy & Behrman, Julia A.
• Gender, assets, and agricultural development programs: A conceptual framework: (repec:fpr:worpps:99)
  by Behrman, Julia A. & Johnson, Nancy & Meinzen-Dick, Ruth Suseela & Njuki, Jemimah & Peterman, Amber & Quisumbing, Agnes R. & Rubin, Deborah & Waithanji, Elizabeth
• Violence against women and girls research: Leveraging gains across disciplines (repec:nas:journl:v:122:y:2025:p:e2404557122)
  by Kathryn Falb & Amber Peterman & Ragnhild Nordås & Anjalie Field & Roni Porat & Lindsay Stark
• A Mixed-Method Review of Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence in Low- and Middle-Income Countries (repec:oup:wbrobs:v:33:y:2018:i:2:p:218-258.)
  by Ana Maria Buller & Amber Peterman & Meghna Ranganathan & Alexandra Bleile & Melissa Hidrobo & Lori Heise
• Myth-Busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa (repec:oup:wbrobs:v:33:y:2018:i:2:p:259-298.)
  by Sudhanshu Handa & Silvio Daidone & Amber Peterman & Benjamin Davis & Audrey Pereira & Tia Palermo & Jennifer Yablonski
• Unconditional government social cash transfer in Africa does not increase fertility (repec:spr:jopoec:v:29:y:2016:i:4:d:10.1007_s00148-016-0596-x)
  by Tia Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & Leah Prencipe & David Seidenfeld
• Gender in Agriculture (repec:spr:sprbok:978-94-017-8616-4)
  by Agnes R. Quisumbing & Ruth Meinzen-Dick & Terri L. Raney & André Croppenstedt & Julia A. Behrman & A (ed.)
• Exploring Impacts of Community-Based Legal Aid on Intrahousehold Gender Relations in Tanzania (repec:taf:femeco:v:25:y:2019:i:2:p:116-145)
  by Valerie Mueller & Amber Peterman & Lucy Billings & Ayala Wineman
• Women's Property Rights and Gendered Policies: Implications for Women's Long-term Welfare in Rural Tanzania (repec:taf:jdevst:v:47:y:2011:i:1:p:1-30)
  by Amber Peterman
• Understanding the Complexities Surrounding Gender Differences in Agricultural Productivity in Nigeria and Uganda (repec:taf:jdevst:v:47:y:2011:i:10:p:1482-1509)
  by Amber Peterman & Agnes Quisumbing & Julia Behrman & Ephraim Nkonya
• Social Protection in Contexts of Fragility and Forced Displacement: Introduction to a Special Issue (repec:taf:jdevst:v:55:y:2019:i:s1:p:1-6)
  by Tilman Brück & Jose Cuesta & Jacobus De Hoop & Ugo Gentilini & Amber Peterman
• Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-Hosting Setting (repec:taf:jdevst:v:55:y:2019:i:s1:p:128-146)
  by Elsa Valli & Amber Peterman & Melissa Hidrobo
• Filling the legal void? Impacts of a community-based legal aid program on women’s land-related knowledge, attitudes, and practices (repec:taf:oxdevs:v:46:y:2018:i:4:p:453-469)
  by Valerie Mueller & Lucy Billings & Tewodaj Mogues & Amber Peterman & Ayala Wineman
• Is there Catch-Up Growth? Evidence from Three Continents (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa778)
  by Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
• Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: What we know and what we need to know (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa782)
  by Richard de Groot & Tia Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & Luigi Peter Ragno & UNICEF Innocenti Research Centre
• Cash for Women’s Empowerment? A Mixed-Methods Evaluation of the Government of Zambia’s Child Grant Programme (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa796)
  by Juan Bonilla & Rosa Castro Zarzur & Sudhanshu Handa & Claire Nowlin & Amber Peterman & Hannah Ring & David Seidenfeld
• Making Money Work: Unconditional cash transfers allow women to save and re-invest in rural Zambia (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa827)
  by Luisa Natali & Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & David Seidenfeld & Gelson Tembo & UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
• Myth-busting? Confronting Six Common Perceptions about Unconditional Cash Transfers as a Poverty Reduction Strategy in Africa (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa899)
  by Sudhanshu Handa & Silvio Daidone & Amber Peterman & Benjamin Davis & Audrey Pereira & Tia Palermo & Jennifer Yablonski
• A mixed-method review of cash transfers and intimate partner violence in low and middle-income countries (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa938)
  by Ana Maria Buller & Amber Peterman & Meghna Ranganathan & Alexandra Bleile & Melissa Hidrobo & Lori Heise
• Economic Transfers and Social Cohesion in a Refugee-hosting Setting (repec:ucf:inwopa:inwopa959)
  by Elsa Valli & Amber Peterman & Melissa Hidrobo & UNICEF Office of Research - Innocenti
• Government Antipoverty Programming and Intimate Partner Violence in Ghana (repec:ucp:ecdecc:doi:10.1086/713767)
  by Amber Peterman & Elsa Valli & Tia Palermo
• Child Health and School Enrollment: A Replication (repec:uwp:jhriss:v:42:y:2007:i4:p863-880)
  by Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman
• Inequality in prime‐age adult deaths in a high AIDS mortality setting: does the measure of economic status matter? (repec:wly:hlthec:v:20:y:2011:i:11:p:1298-1311)
  by Marjorie Opuni & Amber Peterman & David Bishai
• Income Transfers and Maternal Health: Evidence from a National Randomized Social Cash Transfer Program in Zambia (repec:wly:hlthec:v:25:y:2016:i:2:p:225-236)
  by Sudhanshu Handa & Amber Peterman & David Seidenfeld & Gelson Tembo
• List randomization for soliciting experience of intimate partner violence: Application to the evaluation of Zambia's unconditional child grant program (repec:wly:hlthec:v:27:y:2018:i:3:p:622-628)
  by Amber Peterman & Tia M. Palermo & Sudhanshu Handa & David Seidenfeld & on behalf of the Zambia Child Grant Program Evaluation Team
• Can conditional cash transfers improve maternal health care? Evidence from El Salvador's Comunidades Solidarias Rurales program (repec:wly:hlthec:v:29:y:2020:i:6:p:700-715)
  by Alan de Brauw & Amber Peterman