"Emanuela Galasso and Martin Ravallion's paper, available in the highlight box to the right assesses the impact of Argentina's main social policy response to the severe economic crisis of 2002. The program aimed to provide direct income support for families with dependents for whom the head had become unemployed due to the crisis. Counterfactual comparisons are based on a matched subset of applicants not yet receiving the program. Panel data spanning the crisis are also used." (Quoted from paper)