Evaluation of cash transfer programs in sub-Saharan Africa: A methodological review

2018 ◽  
Vol 68 ◽  
pp. 47-56 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ebenezer Owusu-Addo ◽  
Andre M.N. Renzaho ◽  
Ben J. Smith
Keyword(s):  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Methodological Review ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals The Household and Individual‐Level Productive Impacts of Cash Transfer Programs in Sub‐Saharan Africa

2019 ◽  
Vol 101 (5) ◽  
pp. 1401-1431 ◽  
Author(s):  
Silvio Daidone ◽  
Benjamin Davis ◽  
Sudhanshu Handa ◽  
Paul Winters
Keyword(s):  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Individual Level ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Sub Saharan

scholarly journals Impact of cash transfer programs on food security and nutrition in sub-Saharan Africa: A cross-country analysis

2016 ◽  
Vol 11 ◽  
pp. 72-83 ◽  
Author(s):  
Smriti Tiwari ◽  
Silvio Daidone ◽  
Maria Angelita Ruvalcaba ◽  
Ervin Prifti ◽  
Sudhanshu Handa ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Food Security ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Country Analysis ◽  
Cross Country ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Food Security And Nutrition

scholarly journals Cash Transfers, Microentrepreneurial Activity, and Child Work: Evidence from Malawi and Zambia

2019 ◽  
Vol 34 (3) ◽  
pp. 670-697 ◽  
Author(s):  
Jacobus de Hoop ◽  
Valeria Groppo ◽  
Sudhanshu Handa
Keyword(s):  
Large Scale ◽  
School Attendance ◽  
Working Hours ◽  
Well Being ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Cluster Randomized

Abstract Cash transfer programs are rapidly becoming a key component of the social safety net of many countries in Sub-Saharan Africa. The primary aim of these programs is to help households improve their food security and to smooth consumption during periods of economic duress. However, beneficiary households have also been shown to use these programs to expand their microentrepreneurial activities. Cluster-randomized trials carried out during the rollout of large-scale programs in Malawi and Zambia show that children may increase their work in the household enterprise through such programs. Both programs increased forms of work that may be detrimental to children, such as activities that expose children to hazards in Malawi and excessive working hours in Zambia. However, both programs also induced positive changes in other child well-being domains, such as school attendance and material well-being, leading to a mixed and inconclusive picture of the implications of these programs for children.

scholarly journals A cost-benefit framework for evaluating conditional cash-transfer programs

2013 ◽  
Vol 4 (2) ◽  
pp. 159-180 ◽  
Author(s):  
Robert J. Brent
Keyword(s):  
Cost Benefit Analysis ◽  
Cost Benefit ◽  
Conditional Cash Transfer ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Vulnerable Children ◽  
Orphans And Vulnerable Children ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Comprehensive Framework

Following the prototype of Mexico’s Progresa program, a number of countries in Latin America and the Caribbean have initiated conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs. More recently, countries in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) have followed suit. However, no comprehensive framework to carry out a cost-benefit analysis (CBA) exists. This paper presents such a CBA framework for CCTs which enables design features such as targeting and conditionality to be separately evaluated. The framework is applied to an evaluation of a CCT program for orphans and vulnerable children in Kenya. The role of conditionality in SSA and the need for distribution weights is discussed.

Transactional Sex in Malawi

2016 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarah Baird ◽  
Berk Özler
Keyword(s):  
Sex Work ◽  
Risky Sexual Behavior ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Transactional Sex ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Commercial Sex Work ◽  
Never Married ◽  
Transfer Programs ◽  
Sub Saharan

This chapter examines transactional sex as a distinctive feature of traditional “dating” in Malawi. It begins with a review of the existing literature on transactional sex in sub-Saharan Africa, with particular emphasis on the distinction between commercial sex work, informal sex work, and transactional sex. It then analyzes transactional sex among a sample of 13- to 22-year-old, initially never-married females in southern Malawi. It also considers the role that cash-transfer programs in particular and social safety-net programs in general might play in mitigating transactional sex. The findings suggest that cash-transfer programs that focus on adolescent girls can allow them to steer away from “relationships of need” toward “relationships of want,” reduce risky sexual behavior as a result, and thus reduce their subsequent risk of HIV infection.

scholarly journals Cash Transfers and Child Nutrition: Evidence from sub-Saharan Africa

2021 ◽  
Vol 5 (3) ◽  
Author(s):  
Oladayo Nathaniel Awojobi
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Randomised Controlled Trials ◽  
Child Nutrition ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Sub Saharan Africa ◽  
Controlled Trials ◽  
Sub Saharan ◽  
Randomised Controlled ◽  
Nutritional Outcomes

This paper summarises the arguments and counterarguments within the scientific discussion on cash transfers and child nutrition. The main purpose of the research is to assess the effectiveness of cash transfers in improving nutritional outcomes in vulnerable children in sub-Saharan Africa. Systematisation of the literary sources indicates that studies have justified cash transfer as social-income support that addresses a vital social determinant of health (income) for children in low-and-middle-income countries. The methodological basis of this study is a systematic review that searched a wide range of academic and grey literature databases, including PubMed, Cochrane Library and Google Scholar. This study included cluster-randomised controlled trials (R.C.T.s), randomised controlled trials, quasi-experimental studies, mixed-methods studies, and non-randomised cluster trials. Studies included in this systematic review were screened for their eligibility. The systematic review uses the Cochrane data collection form to extract data from the included studies. It was not feasible to statistically combine the results of the studies due to the heterogeneity of most of the studies. Preferably, the review employs a narrative synthesis to present the estimated effects of cash transfers on children’s nutritional outcomes. The systematic review presents the results of data synthesis, of which eleven studies met the inclusion criteria. Overall, the evidence from the systematic review indicates that cash transfer programmes targeted at children effectively improve anthropometric and nutritional outcomes. Further research is needed to spell out the multiple pathways to how cash transfers improve children’s nutritional outcomes. Moreover, this systematic review shows the importance of cash transfers in improving child nutrition. Policymakers should continue to employ institutional mechanisms to strengthen the nutritional status of children, especially the vulnerable ones since cash transfer intervention is a temporary measure.

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