Social cash transfers in low-income African countries: Conditional or unconditional?

Development Policy Review

Volumn 24, Issue 5, 2006, Pages 571-578

  Schubert, Bert ^a   Slater, Rachel ^b  

^a Overseas Development Institute ^*  (Germany)

^b OVERSEAS DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AID; CONDITIONALITY; COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; SERVICE PROVISION;

AFRICA; LATIN AMERICA;

EID: 33747335435     PISSN: 09506764     EISSN: 14677679     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7679.2006.00348.x     Document Type: Article

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3. GTZ/BMZ (2005) Social Cash Transfers: Reaching the Poorest. Eschborn: GTZ/BMZ.
4. Kakwani, N., Soares, F. and Son, H. (2005) Conditional Cash Transfers in African Countries. Brasilia: International Poverty Centre.
5. MCDSS/GTZ (2005) Monitoring Report of the Pilot Social Cash Transfer Scheme, Kalomo District, Zambia (2nd edn). Lusaka: Ministry of Community Development and Social Services.
6. Schubert, B. and Mwiinga, R. (2005) The Feasibility of Conditional Social Cash Transfers for Destitute Households in the Municipality of Chipata, Zambia. Lusaka: Care International.