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The impact of social cash transfers on children affected by HIV and AIDS: evidence from Zambia, Malawi and South Africa
Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme, 2007This paper analyses the degree to which social cash transfer schemes that do not explicitly target HIV and AIDS affected people reach HIV and AIDS affected households. By comparing different schemes in Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, the study identifies the main factors that determine both the share of HIV and AIDS affected households reached, and the impact achieved.DocumentThe Aged Family Uganda (TAFU) 2008 case study of the older persons of Uganda
The Aged Family Uganda, 2008There are over a million older persons in Uganda, many of whom lack food, money, clean water and medical support and have lost their children to war and HIV and AIDS.DocumentTrade policy and poverty in Peru. How do free trade agreements (FTA) impact rural poverty?
Comercio y Pobreza en Latinoamérica, 2008The link between trade liberalisation and economic growth does not appear to be conclusive. For some authors, liberalisation favours economic growth, while others indicate that it is an export-led strategy, rather than the elimination of trade barriers for imports, that promotes economic growth.The key messages in this report are as follows:DocumentRegional Evidence Building Agenda (REBA) Thematic Briefs
Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2008This series of briefs provides a regional synthesis of findings of 12 thematic studies and 20 individual case studies of social transfer schemes undertaken by the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme (RHVP) in southern Africa.DocumentIndependent evaluation of Oxfam GB Malawi’s emergency cash-transfer programme
Humanitarian Policy Group, ODI, 2006In response to the 2004/5 crop failure, Oxfam planned a programme in southern Malawi, which included a ‘pilot’ cash-transfer project in Traditional Authority (TA) Kapichi, Thyolo District. The project was to support 4,000 households with monthly cash transfers to provide for their immediate food needs from November to March.DocumentCash transfers boost the local economy in rural Malawi
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2008Cash transfers are increasingly being used, instead of in-kind transfers such as food aid, in response to droughts and other emergencies. As well as allowing poor people to make their own choices about how to improve their situation, cash transfers can bring widespread benefits to the regional economy.DocumentCash transfers - mere 'Gadaffi syndrome', or serious potential for rural rehabilitation and development?
Overseas Development Institute, 2005This paper argues that social protection can complement supply side policies. It is also less of a drain on public resources than previously thought. Most notably, cash transfers: are cheaper to administer than in-kind transfersDocumentAchievements and shortfalls of conditional cash transfers: impact evaluation of Paraguay’s Tekoporã programme
International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, 2008The International Poverty Centre (IPC) has recently undertaken an impact evaluation of the pilot of Tekoporã, a Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programme in Paraguay. Previously, IPC analysed the logical framework of this programme and its implementation challenges, and assessed its targeting mechanisms.DocumentThe impact of social cash transfers on children
Malawi Social Cash Transfer Pilot Scheme, 2007This paper analyses the degree to which social cash transfer schemes that do not explicitly target HIV and AIDS affected persons or households reach HIV and AIDS affected households. By comparing different schemes in Zambia, Malawi and South Africa, the study identifies the main factors that determine both the share of HIV and AIDS affected households reached, and the impact achieved.