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A regional multiplier approach to estimating the impact of cash transfers: the case of cash aid in rural Malawi
Munich Re, 2007This paper analyses the impact of the Dowa Emergency Cash Transfer (DECT) programme in Dowa, Malawi, on the local economy. The programme consisted of cash transfers to households over a duration of five months. Transfers were adjusted to household size and changes in staple food prices. According to the authors, the programme was a success as:DocumentPioneers, partners, providers: the dynamics of civil society & AIDS funding in southern Africa
Centre for AIDS Development, Research and Evaluation, South Africa, 2007There has been a huge increase in the amount of money available to fight AIDs thanks to the Global Fund and the United States President’s Emergency Plan. However, there is a widespread perception in southern Africa that these funds are being ‘wasted’. So what should be done to improve efficiency, delivery and effective resource management?DocumentStable aid flows that promote farming help reduce poverty in Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Many African countries are highly dependent on aid. Opinions differ markedly on what makes aid effective. The policy environment in aid recipient countries has been the focus of much recent attention. But the stability and composition of aid flows also determine the poverty impact of aid.DocumentDeadly combination: the role of southern governments and the World Bank in the rise of hunger
Norwegian Church Aid, 2007This report is a study of the impact of economic reforms on hunger-prone people in Malawi, Zambia and Ethiopia. Its primary purpose is to assess whether food security has improved or worsened and why. The document consists of a sythesis report, and individual country reports.DocumentConfronting the contradictions: the IMF, wage bill caps and the case for teachers
ActionAid International, 2007IMF restrictions on recurrent government spending are working against the MDGs, and Education for All, this report argues.DocumentThe Malawi social cash transfer scheme: preliminary lessons learned
United Nations Children's Fund, 2006Evidence from a pilot social cash transfer programme in Malawi indicates that it is a cost-effective, quick way to meet the basic needs of ultra-poor households whose members are unable to work.DocumentUNICEF Humanitarian Action Report 2007
United Nations Children's Fund, 2007This Humanitarian Action Report 2007 outlines UNICEF’s appeal for children and women in 33 emergencies around the world.DocumentShould donors give aid to developing country budgets?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007As donors seek to improve the effectiveness of aid, they have turned to delivering aid directly to developing country budgets. General budget support funds are used by recipient governments according to their own priorities. It is too early to tell, however, if this is more effective in reducing poverty than project or sectoral funding.DocumentUnderstanding the politics of the budget: What drives change in the budget process?
Department for International Development, UK, 2007This briefing note distills the findings of several political analyses of the budget process in developing countries and highlights why a good political understanding of theset processes is important to improve aid effectiveness.DocumentNo small change: Oxfam GB Malawi and Zambia emergency cash transfer projects - a synthesis of key learning
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006In response to predictions of an impending food crisis in southern Africa in 2005 - 2006, Oxfam deployed a relief response. As an alternative to emergency food aid, the agency undertook cash transfer schemes in both Malawi and Zambia.Pages