Under What Conditions Does Evidence Travel? Assessing Context Sensitivity and Generalizability in Cash Transfer Program Effectiveness
Evaluation Review: A Journal of Applied Social Research
Published online on July 14, 2026
Abstract
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The evidence-based policy movement assumes that rigorously evaluated interventions replicate across contexts to produce similar effects. This universalist assumption may be unwarranted for complex social programs, where context shapes effectiveness. This ...
The evidence-based policy movement assumes that rigorously evaluated interventions replicate across contexts to produce similar effects. This universalist assumption may be unwarranted for complex social programs, where context shapes effectiveness. This ...