Cash transfers, early marriage, and fertility in malawi and. The effects of receiving cash transfers as adolescents on. Social cash transfers help break poverty cycle and foster. Social cash transfers help break poverty cycle and foster productivity in zambia. The impact of cash transfers on the educational attainment. Productive impacts of the malawi social cash transfer programme. Wider working paper 201788 poverty, changing political regimes, and social cash transfers in zimbabwe, 19802016 isaac chinyoka poverty, changing political regimes, and social cash transfers in zimbabwe, 1980 2016. The government of malawis social cash transfer program sctp is an unconditional cash transfer program targeted to ultrapoor, laborconstrained households. The international initiative for impact evaluation 3ie is an international grantmaking ngo promoting evidenceinformed development policies and programs. A report for dfid malawi, by stephen devereux, bob baulch, alexander phiri and rachel sabateswheeler dfid malawi, february 2006. Mtukula pakhomo is an unconditional transfer targeted to ultrapoor, labour constrained households. Strong impacts on enrollment and dropout after a year. Since 2009, the programme has expanded to reach 18 out of 28 districts in malawi.
The malawi social cash transfer sct scheme is part of a wave of social protection. A comprehensive summary of impacts research brief 03 november 2017 this brief provides a comprehensive summary of the main impacts and related policy implications generated by malawis social cash transfer programme between 202015, including positive impacts on poverty, income. Sep 01, 2010 unicefs kusalo kubwalo reports on a cash transfer programme reaching out to impoverished families in malawi. Vulnerability to chronic poverty and malnutrition in malawi. First piloted in the mchinji district in 2006, the social protection programme has been expanded across seven districts and currently targets around 30,000 vulnerable households. Critics, including top government officials and some donors, doubted the programmes ability to empower families and help them overcome ultra poverty. Wider working paper 201788 poverty, changing political. Kenyas social cash transfer program millions saved. The malawi social cash transfer programme increases. A replication study of a cash transfer experiment in malawi january 2019. Cash transfers and childrens education and labour among. Malnutrition in malawi and the social cash transfer sct programme in malawi 2. The government of malawi s social cash transfer programme sctp is an unconditional cash transfer programme targeted to ultrapoor, labourconstrained households.
Cash transfer programme helps the poorest families in malawi. The case of malawi social cash transfer programme sctp. Specifically, it assessed whether households receiving a monthly cash transfer invest in their childrens humancapacity development by prioritising child education and reducing child labour outside the home. Our study helps address the gap in knowledge by investigating how an unconditional cash transfer program given to the household impacts child schooling outcomes findings. Key objectives of the program include reducing poverty and hunger and increasing school enrollment rates. The views presented in this paper are those of the authors and do not. Along with information on the conceptual framework and the design of the impact evaluation, the report has documented various. Malawi food and agriculture organization of the united nations. Conditionality transfer size identity of the transfer recipient within the household, and intensity of treatment for spillover effects. The political economy of cash transfers in malawi overseas.
Core social protection documents relevant to structuring and developing. How evidence helped address ultra poverty in malawi. The programme began as a pilot in mchinji district in 2006. Evaluating the impact of cash transfer programmes and their effect on poverty levels. This study in malawi compares conditional and unconditional cash transfers and looks at both direct effects such as education and indirect outcomes such as hiv prevalence, making it one of the first to untangle the impact of conditionality in cash transfer programs. Cash transfers have had substantial success around the world, most notably in latin america and increasingly in asia and subsaharan africa. The malawi social cash transfer pilot scheme, preliminary. The impact evaluation for malawi s sctp used a mixed methods. The malawi social cash transfer programme increases household. The transfer amount varies based on household size and the number of children of primary and secondaryschool age living in the household.
Malawi social cash transfer programme endline impact evaluation report ii acronyms 3ie international initiative for impact evaluation cesd center for epidemiological studies depression scale cpi consumer price index csr centre for social research cssc community social support committee dc district commissioner. Cash transfers, agriculture and child nutritional status. The impact of social cash transfers on household economic. The case of malawi social cash transfer programme sctp steven mchenga malawi nombulelo dlamini swaziland uuriintuya mongolia nareman farag egypt kazohera jeremie burundi mirriam saiwa malawi steve chapola malawi peter mwale malawi. We evaluate a conditional cash transfer program in rural malawi which offered. The main objectives of the sctp are to reduce poverty and hunger, and to increase school enrolment. Malawi is a lowincome, landlocked country in southern africa with a population estimated at 17. Cash transfer programs for gender equality in girls. A flurry of interest in cash transfers from outside donors and local policymakers has resulted in the expansion of these types of programs across subsaharan africa. Its primary objectives are to alleviate poverty, hunger and starvation and. Field experimental evidence from malawi lasse bruney, xavier gin e z, jessica goldberg x, and dean yang december 7, 2015 abstract financial products and transfer schemes are often designed to help individuals follow through intertemporal plans by not giving into \temptation. Cash transfers and their role in social protection, inception. Malawi social cash transfer scheme is a social protection program designed to alleviate poverty, reduce malnutrition and improve school enrolment by delivering.
I want malawis youth to have food in abundance, education, and. Evaluations of cash transfer programs in african settings innovations for poverty action 2 researchers sarah baird george washington university, craig mcintosh university of california san diego and berk ozler world bank conducted a randomized evaluation in malawi to compare. Once officially endorsed by gom as component of national sp program, potential scale up can start from july 2007 to 3 other districts and a preliminary scale out out plan exists to all 28 districts by end of 2015 to reach. Sara abdoulayi, university of north carolina unc at chapel hill. Impacts of the malawi social cash transfer program on.
Unicefs kusalo kubwalo reports on a cash transfer programme reaching out to impoverished families in malawi. It, however, focuses almost exclusively on the mchinji cash transfer scheme mcts because it is currently the only. Cash transfer programme helps the poorest families in. The malawi social cash transfer sct programme was initiated in 2006 in the pilot district. Nov 20, 2018 the malawi and zambia cash transfer evaluations benefited from the intellectual input of a large number of individuals. This brief provides a comprehensive summary of the main impacts and related policy implications generated by malawis social cash transfer programme between 20 and 2015, including positive impacts on poverty, income multipliers, food security, productivity, education and health. Sara abdoulayi, gustavo angeles, clare barrington, kristen brugh, sudhanshu handa, kelly kilburn, adria molotsky, frank otchere, susannah zietz csrunima. In mchinji, by april 2010, more than 11,000 households had received transfers on a monthly basis. The evaluations were conducted in collaboration with the transfer project, national governments, and other national and international researchers. A brief history of malawis social cash transfer programme ipc ig. Malawi social cash transfer programme endline impact.
Conditional cash transfers ccts have recently received considerable attention as a potentially innovative and effective approach to the prevention of hivaids. Mtukula pakhomo, which means to empower the household in chichewa language, is the name of the unconditional social cash transfer programme. But unlike many other programs, kenyas social cash transfer program was born of the hiv crisis, implemented in a lowincome setting, and targeted a specific population of the ultrapoor. In malawi, the social cash transfer programme sctp faced its own share of scepticism. Evaluating the effectiveness of an unconditional social cash transfer programme for the ultra poor in malawi. Strengthening the malawi social cash transfer scheme. Shortterm impacts of an unconditional cash transfer program. Savings defaults and payment delays for cash transfers. The malawi social cash transfer programme msct aims to support the poorest 10% of households in the country through regular and reliable cash payments.
The shortterm impacts of a schooling conditional cash. Malawi social cash transfer programme endline impact evaluation report i acknowledgements evaluation team. The malawi social cash transfer programme increases household resiliency research brief 04 november 2017 this research brief provides a summary of the impacts on household resiliency generated over three years by malawis social cash transfer programme. Malawi social cashtransfer scheme scts on child education and labour. The impact of social cash transfers on informal safety nets. Table 22 documents the patterns of borrowing and purchases on credit among. The government of malawis goms sctp locally known as the mtukula pakhomo is an unconditional cash transfer programme targeted to ultrapoor, labourconstrained households. Introduction this report is about the political economy of cash transfers in malawi.
In 2006 the malawi government initiated its own social cash transfer program to give support to the most vulnerable those deemed ultrapoor and laborconstrained. It is estimated that approximately 10% of all households in malawi are ultra poor and labour constrained 250,000 households. Evaluating the effectiveness of an unconditional social cash. The shortterm impacts of a schooling conditional cash transfer program on the sexual behavior of young women1 sarah baird, george washington university ephraim chirwa, university of malawi craig mcintosh, university of california at san diego berk ozler2, world bank3. The haz is calculated by comparing the height for age of a child with a reference population of wellnourished children. Cash transfer programs for gender equality in girls secondary education april 2014 discussion paper1 summary the importance of ensuring that girls are educated at. Productive impacts of the malawi social cash transfer. Cash transfers and their role in social protection inception report for sdc august 2006 july 2007 disclaimer.
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