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SUMMARY:St Catharine's Political Economy Seminar - Ugo Gentilini - “What
  Are We Learning from 2\,500 Years of Cash Transfers?” - Ugo Gentilini
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CONTACT:Philippa Millerchip
DESCRIPTION:*Speaker:* Ugo Gentilini\n*Title:* “What Are We Learning fro
 m 2\,500 Years of Cash Transfers?”\n*Time:* 12 May 2025\, 18:00-19:30\n*
 Location:* The Ramsden Room\, St Catharine’s College.\n\nThe seminar ser
 ies is supported by the Cambridge Journal of Economics and the Economics a
 nd Policy Group at the Cambridge Judge Business School.\n\n*Talk Overview:
 *\nCash transfers\, or the provision of money to people by the state\, rea
 ch hundreds of million people worldwide. But when did they start\, and how
  did they spread over countries and centuries? How did past practices look
  like\, and how did they evolve? Why\, despite compelling evidence\, are p
 olicymakers sometimes skeptical about cash transfers? Drawing from Ugo Gen
 tilini’s new book Timely Cash. Lessons from 2\,500 Years of Giving Peopl
 e Money (OUP)\, the talk explores those questions by tracing cash transfer
 s over history\, codifying diversity in experiences\, and identifying recu
 rrent patterns. In doing so\, the volume helps illuminate the roots of mod
 ern cash transfer dilemmas and reveals how the past can offer surprising l
 essons for contemporary debates\n\n*Speaker Overview:*\nUgo Gentilini serv
 es as Lead Economist for Social Protection and Jobs at the World Bank. Wit
 h 25 years of professional experience\, his work combines empirical inquir
 y and policy design in countries across the income spectrum. Ugo’s numer
 ous publications explore the intersection between social protection system
 s and a wide range of themes\, such as labor markets\, human development\,
  crisis preparedness and response\, food security and nutrition\, urbaniza
 tion\, and humanitarian assistance. Before joining the World Bank\, he spe
 nt a decade with the United Nations World Food Programme. Ugo holds a PhD 
 in Development Economics and produces a weekly newsletter on social protec
 tion reaching a wide global audience (www.ugogentilini.net).
LOCATION:The Ramsden Room\, St Catharine's College
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