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Cash transfers - affordability and sustainability 3508.pdf

• Cash transfer programmes in Kenya, Malawi and Zambia reach only 1-4% of the poor
• Targeting is determined largely by donor preferences, and is restrictive, resulting in large exclusion errors
• Given low national funding commitments, existing cash transfer programmes can only be scaled up nationally with donor support equivalent to 1-2% of GDP

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Cash transfers - targeting 3505.pdf

• The targeting of cash transfers can increase their impact on poverty, but can be limited by the lack of resources and capacity in low-income countries
• Targeting vulnerable groups is often simpler, more politically acceptable and less socially divisive than means testing
• Good targeting requires an assessment of the distribution of poverty, targeting costs and political acceptability

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Cash transfers - lump sums 3510.pdf

• Lump sum transfers work better in post-emergency than development contexts, as long as markets remain functional
• Lump sums can work in development contexts, when complemented by small, regular transfers and advisory services
• Prospects for successful investment decrease when the size of the transfer is many times larger than annual income

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Cash transfers in post-conflict contexts 3507.pdf

• One key challenge in post-conflict countries is meeting objectives that contribute both to poverty reduction and the peace process
• Cash transfers can address the immediate needs of poor households but there is little evidence about their long-term impact on poverty in post-conflict countries
• The dissemination of emerging evidence on best practice in the delivery of cash transfers in conflict-affected countries should be encouraged

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Cash transfers - graduation and growth 3506.pdf

• There is an imperative among donors and governments to demonstrate that cash transfers help households graduate from poverty and contribute to growth
• There is a contradiction between providing cash transfers to those who are unable to work, and the simultaneous expectation of graduation
• Cash transfers require complementary interventions if they are to result in graduation and stimulate growth

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Cash transfers and political economy in sub-Saharan Africa 3509.pdf

• Donor enthusiasm, rather than government impetus, drives the growth of cash transfer programming in some countries
• Government concerns about fiscal prudence and the risk of dependency are limiting national demand for cash transfer programmes
• Government commitment to cash transfer programmes may be greater where there is a need for social stabilisation and state legitimisation