Contributing to UNICEF’s Review of Safety Net Programmes in Eastern & Southern Africa (in Ethiopia, Tanzania, Rwanda, Zambia and Mozambique).
Funding: HelpAge International
Abstract:
The objectives of the project are:
• To broadly identify and gather information on unconditional cash transfer programmes in ESAR with a focus on where and (as far as possible) how these programmes benefit OVCs, their carers and highly vulnerable households.
• Through an in-country review of 4 cash transfer programmes directly benefiting OVCs, their carers and vulnerable households to assess the feasibility, delivery systems, accessibility, effectiveness and, as far as possible, the impact of such interventions;
• To identify particular considerations for programming in the context of HIV/AIDS, operational constraints, programme design factors (including unit costing and delivery mechanisms at different levels - national and local), replicability and options for scale-up and other lessons learnt;
• Throughout the review to capture as a cross-cutting theme the degree to which the political context and policy environment can enhance the effectiveness and impact of cash transfer programmes and the role that key agents such as UNICEF and others can play to influence that environment;
• To identify components of ‘best practice’ for cash transfer programmes with benefits for OVCs, their carers and highly vulnerable households which can potentially be scaled up;
• To outline synergies between unconditional cash transfers and other safety net programmes including programmes with conditional cash transfers and in-kind transfers (including food).
• To broadly identify and gather information on unconditional cash transfer programmes in ESAR with a focus on where and (as far as possible) how these programmes benefit OVCs, their carers and highly vulnerable households.
• Through an in-country review of 4 cash transfer programmes directly benefiting OVCs, their carers and vulnerable households to assess the feasibility, delivery systems, accessibility, effectiveness and, as far as possible, the impact of such interventions;
• To identify particular considerations for programming in the context of HIV/AIDS, operational constraints, programme design factors (including unit costing and delivery mechanisms at different levels - national and local), replicability and options for scale-up and other lessons learnt;
• Throughout the review to capture as a cross-cutting theme the degree to which the political context and policy environment can enhance the effectiveness and impact of cash transfer programmes and the role that key agents such as UNICEF and others can play to influence that environment;
• To identify components of ‘best practice’ for cash transfer programmes with benefits for OVCs, their carers and highly vulnerable households which can potentially be scaled up;
• To outline synergies between unconditional cash transfers and other safety net programmes including programmes with conditional cash transfers and in-kind transfers (including food).