Onur Altindag is a health and development economist who studies forced migration, social safety nets and the determinants of health among vulnerable populations. He wrote on the effectiveness of targeting of social welfare programs directed towards refugees, the impact of refugee inflows on host populations, and the interplay between public policy and health. His work has been published in high impact academic journals in economics, public policy, and public health.
What are the immediate and longer-term effects of at-scale cash-based assistance programmes on refugee populations? This column reports results from an evaluation of two of the largest humanitarian aid programmes currently in operation, targeted at families in Lebanon that have fled the continuing conflict in Syria.