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    The Malawi social cash transfer scheme: preliminary lessons learned

    United Nations Children's Fund, 2006
    Evidence 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.
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    Conditional cash transfers for human development in Latin America and the Caribbean

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Conditional cash transfers have emerged as the dominant form of social welfare in Latin America and the Caribbean. Cash is transferred to poor families provided that they use health and educational resources. Despite programme success, it is not clear if this is the most effective way to reduce poverty and boost human development.
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    Food aid or cash aid? Comparing effects on the Ethiopian economy

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Policymakers, donors and non-governmental organisations have in recent years debated whether it is more effective to provide aid to poor households in the form of food or cash. Most studies have focused on specific aspects of the effects of aid, neglecting the impact on and feedback from different sectors of the economy.
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    Social cash transfers in Africa: conditional or unconditional?

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    The Latin American experience with conditional cash transfers has been generally successful, and there is some support for their introduction to low-income African countries. However, there is little evidence to suggest such programmes will work in Africa. Serious questions concerning the differences between the two continents need to be answered first.
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    Reducing child poverty with cash transfers: a sure thing?

    Consortium for Street Children, 2006
    Can cash transfer programmes targeted at children be effective in reducing childhood poverty? This article examines the effectiveness of three types of cash transfer programmes.
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    Cash not food: new emergency response trialed in Southern Africa

    id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2007
    Oxfam’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?
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    Lessons from a direct welfare transfer intervention: a pilot project by Concern Universal in Malawi

    Concern Universal International, Malawi, 2006
    This briefing paper documents the lessons learnt from the Dedza Safety Nets Pilot Project (DSNPP) in Malawi. The DSNPP compared the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e. cash, voucher and in-kind transfers on chronic poverty and vulnerability within a non-emergency context. The project aimed to compare the impact of all three DWT systems, i.e.
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    Where is education in the conditional cash transfers of education?

    UNESCO Institute for Statistics, 2006
    This paper examines the educational effects of conditional cash transfers (CCT) for education. The study finds that based on the evidence reviewed in this paper, there is very limited support for the conclusion that CCTs are effective educational instruments, in particular with regards to their ability to increase learning.
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    Multiple dimensions of social assistance: the case of Peru's 'Glass of Milk' programme

    ESRC Research Group on Wellbeing in Developing Countries . University of Bath, 2006
    Research into the material effects of social assistance programmes is important but it can be misleading if it fails to capture the true value of such programmes to intended beneficiaries and other stakeholders. This paper considers contemporary policy debates about social protection from a wellbeing perspective through a case study of the 'Glass of Milk' food distribution programme in Peru.
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    Using social transfers to scale up equitable access to education and health services

    Department for International Development, UK, 2006
    This paper focuses on the impact of one form of demand-side policy option – social transfers, particularly cash transfers and vouchers - on access to health and education services by the extreme poor.

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