Wahenga Briefs are in-depth analysis of hunger and vulnerability issues, and practical lessons from the Programme's Regional Evidence-Building Agenda.
As part of its remit to build evidence on innovative approaches to develop better, more dynamic ways of tackling both acute hunger and chronic, predictable vulnerability, the Regional Hunger and Vulnerability Programme undertook a pilot project to see how vulnerable people benefit from cellphones.
This study determines welfare and investment effects of social cash transfers in Zambia using efficient propensity score weighting and survey data from three diverse and spatially separated pilot schemes.