http://www.wahenga.net/index.php Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:23:00 +0200 en [email protected] Copyright 2009 2009-10-14T11:23:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/wfp_responds_to_wahenga_on_malawi_food_aid_appeal/ Wed, 14 Oct 2009 11:23:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/wfp_responds_to_wahenga_on_malawi_food_aid_appeal/#When:11:23:00Z The World Food Programme (WFP) would like to comment on, and provide clarification to, the Comment entitled An Urgent appeal to WFP: Please reconsider your plans for direct food transfer in Malawi, as posted on the Wahenga website on 13 September. English 2009-10-14T11:23:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/an_urgent_appeal_to_wfp_please_reconsider_your_plans_for_direct_food_transf/ Tue, 15 Sep 2009 10:55:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/an_urgent_appeal_to_wfp_please_reconsider_your_plans_for_direct_food_transf/#When:10:55:00Z In spite of another bumper harvest in Malawi, the World Food Programme (WFP) has launched a food aid appeal. In response, RHVP would like to launch its own appeal to WFP: please reconsider! English 2009-09-15T10:55:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/targeting_social_cash_transfers/ Mon, 20 Jul 2009 14:46:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/targeting_social_cash_transfers/#When:14:46:00Z This paper examines the process of defining target groups and designing targeting mechanisms for cash transfer schemes, both of which must come from a human rights perspective and consider the political, institutional, and financial context of the respective country. English, Malawi 2009-07-20T14:46:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/response_to_targeting_social_cash_transfers_comment/ Wed, 15 Jul 2009 11:50:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/response_to_targeting_social_cash_transfers_comment/#When:11:50:00Z Responding to the Targeting Social Cash Transfers comment, the author suggests that the Comment is shaky, incoherent, defeatist, misguided and - in the final analysis - fatally flawed. English 2009-07-15T11:50:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/remittances_and_social_protection_in_zimbabwes_transition/ Wed, 17 Jun 2009 12:56:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/remittances_and_social_protection_in_zimbabwes_transition/#When:12:56:00Z Remittances from Zimbabweans abroad to buy food and other necessities, pay school fees etc are on a vast scale - just the support that humanitarian aid and social protection seek to offer. And yet programmes and procedures are not designed with this reality in mind. English, Zimbabwe 2009-06-17T12:56:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/targeting_the_debate_goes_on_but_what_does_it_mean_in_practice/ Fri, 05 Jun 2009 05:45:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/targeting_the_debate_goes_on_but_what_does_it_mean_in_practice/#When:05:45:00Z The ongoing debates on targeting featured on wahenga highlight that we are no closer to reaching a consensus on best practices. Nevertheless, several southern African countries have established on-budget social transfer schemes without getting embroiled in the search for targeting perfection. English 2009-06-05T05:45:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/what_is_the_future_for_poverty_targeting/ Wed, 27 May 2009 09:26:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/what_is_the_future_for_poverty_targeting/#When:09:26:00Z The recent exchange of comments on www.wahenga.net has raised heated debate on poverty-targeting of social transfers. Is community-based poverty targeting the answer? Or is the only option a universal or categorically-targeted approach? Or is there a solution that lies somewhere in between? English 2009-05-27T09:26:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/response_to_social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/ Thu, 14 May 2009 12:49:01 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/response_to_social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/#When:12:49:01Z Stephen Devereux's recent Comment, Social Protection and the Global Crisis, makes some good points but, unfortunately, others which are erroneous, at times a little na�ve, and even contradictory. This Comment discusses where he gets it right and wrong in understanding the role of a minimum package of social protection. English 2009-05-14T12:49:01+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/ Fri, 08 May 2009 07:02:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/social_protection_and_the_global_crisis/#When:07:02:00Z The G20's commitment to allocate US$ 50 billion "to support social protection, boost trade and safeguard development" has reopened several debates in the social protection discourse, including the role of cash transfers and whether social grants should be targeted or 'universal'. English 2009-05-08T07:02:00+02:00 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/the_world_banks_rapid_social_response_fund_must_not_be_misspent_on_poverty_/ Wed, 15 Apr 2009 09:08:00 +0200 http://www.wahenga.net/index.php/views/comments_view/the_world_banks_rapid_social_response_fund_must_not_be_misspent_on_poverty_/#When:09:08:00Z The recent G20 summit concluded with a commitment to make funds available for social protection in the world's poorest countries. This recognition of social protection as a means to reduce poverty by giving money directly to those who need it most is a huge step forward. The next challenge will be to ensure the funding is not misspent. English 2009-04-15T09:08:00+02:00