Nicaragua’s Atencion a Crisis programme has had no impact on child height among children of any age group (Macours et al., And in Honduras, the Programa de Asignacion Familiar (PRAF) had no effect on child height (Hoddinott, 2008). These effects have been argued to be attributable in part to the small size of transfers and lack of complementary services (Yablonski & O’Donnell, 2009). Key Issues: How can cash transfer programmes contribute to improved food and nutrition security?