Data portal
The research project collected data on social assistance programmes in low and middle income countries from 2000-2015.
Indicators cover programme design and objectives, reach and transfer levels, institutionalisation, and financial resources.
Dataset
The main dataset can be downloaded in Excel and Stata formats. Files are available for the full dataset and separately by region.
Data files are available in Excel and Stata. Excel files include all the variables in Stata files but in addition they include long string variables. These variables are not available in the Stata files.
- Worldwide
- Latin America and Caribbean
- Europe and Central Asia
- Middle East and North Africa
- Sub-Saharan Africa
- South Asia
- East Asia and Pacific
WORLDWIDE
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Data updated in August 2018
LATIN AMERICA AND THE CARIBBEAN
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Data updated in August 2018
EUROPE AND CENTRAL ASIA
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Data updated in August 2018
MIDDLE EAST AND NORTH AFRICA
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Data updated in August 2018
SUB-SAHARAN AFRICA
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Data updated in August 2018
SOUTH ASIA
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Data updated in August 2018
EAST ASIA AND PACIFIC
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Data updated in August 2018
Manual
The manual will be available for download soon.
Codebook
Indicators cover programme design and objectives, reach and transfer levels, institutionalisation, and financial resources. The codebook listing the variables can be accessed here.
Citation
A.Barrientos [2018] Social Assistance in Low and Middle Income Countries Dataset (SALMIC). Manchester: Global Development Institute at the University of Manchester. http://www.social-assistance.manchester.ac.uk