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Extending the household economy approach to support the design of cash transfer programmes in Zambia
Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2007Cash transfer programmes have been proposed as a means of providing benefits to targetedDocumentUrban families under pressure: conceptual and methodological issues in the study of poverty, HIV/AIDS and livelihood
International Development Department, University of Birmingham, 2005This paper from the International Development Department at the University of Birmingham in the UK, examines the impact of HIV on the livelihoods of poor urban households.DocumentCash not food: new emergency response trialed in Southern Africa
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007Oxfam’s response to predictions of acute food insecurity in Malawi and Zambia in 2005–2006 included cash transfers as an alternative to emergency food aid. Recipients were able to purchase the equivalent of a standard food aid ration. Should cash transfers become a standard tool in the responses to hunger?DocumentEducation access and retention for educationally marginalised children: innovations in social protection
Mobile Task Team on the Impact of HIV/AIDS on Education, 2005This report looks at the effectiveness of social protection programmes for educationally marginalised children (EMC) in Eastern and Southern Africa.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.DocumentIs cash the best way to assist poor and vulnerable people?
id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006In the face of chronic poverty, food insecurity and increasing HIV and AIDS in eastern and southern Africa, there is growing recognition of the importance of cash transfers for reaching vulnerable children and households. A variety of cash transfer schemes are being piloted. Should they be scaled-up?DocumentSocial protection mechanisms in southern Africa
Wahenga, Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme, 2006Social protection is a relatively new concept in southern Africa. Regular, predictable and guaranteed transfers to the vulnerable in most countries have yet to be integrated into existing policies safeguarding lives following livelihood shocks such as drought and conflict.DocumentMaking cash count: lessons from cash transfer schemes in east and southern Africa for supporting the most vulnerable children and households
Institute of Development Studies UK, 2005This study reviews unconditional cash transfers in 15 countries of east and southern Africa. It examines four programmes in more depth, in Ethiopia, Lesotho, Mozambique and Zambia, with an emphasis on design issues such as cost-effectiveness, accuracy of targeting, delivery modalities, institutionalisation and potential for scaling up.DocumentHousehold's vulnerability to shocks in Zambia
PovertyNet, World Bank, 2005Zambia is a country characterized by a high incidence of poverty and exposure to several types of shocks like HIV/AIDS, macroeconomic instability and periodic droughts.DocumentLessons offered by Latin American cash transfer programmes, Mexico’s Oportunidades and Nicaragua’s SPN: implications for African countries
Department for International Development Health Systems Resource Centre, 2005This paper, published by the DFID Health Systems Resource Centre, discusses and compares cash transfer programmes intended to tackle poverty in Mexico, Nicaragua, Zambia and Malawi. The paper argues that transferring cash to families has many advantages: it is simple to administer and gives the families freedom to decide how to spend the money.Pages