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ODI work on Cash Transfer Programmes

Rebecca Holmes, ODI Regional workshop on cash transfer activities in southern Africa 9-10 October 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa. ODI work on Cash Transfer Programmes. What have we learnt about cash in the last few years? Opportunities

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ODI work on Cash Transfer Programmes

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  1. Rebecca Holmes, ODI Regional workshop on cash transfer activities in southern Africa 9-10 October 2006, Johannesburg, South Africa ODI work on Cash Transfer Programmes

  2. What have we learnt about cash in the last few years? Opportunities Consumption, asset protection, asset promotion, less market distortion, multiplier effects, recipient choice Risks Easier corruption, inflation, ‘misuse’ of cash, understanding monetary value? Government and donor attitudes towards cash? Recent experiences with cash

  3. Institutions Delivery of cash transfers – donors vs. government vs. NGOs? Government ministries and Social Protection? Funding Sustainability? Long-term commitments? When are conditionalities appropriate? Attendance at clinics, schools (Latin American model) Work requirements Outstanding Questions

  4. Shocks vs. Stresses Different kinds of poor households; different objectives for cash transfers Different contexts, ‘fragile states’, remote areas Concerns

  5. Different kinds of households may need different SP interventions Poverty Line % % %

  6. The role of cash transfers in social protection Linking agricultural growth and social protection ODI programmes on social protection

  7. Background Emerging interest, but small evidence base on feasibility, appropriateness, effectiveness and impact of cash transfers The role of cash transfers in Social Protection (1)

  8. Objectives of programme Research and policy advice to feed into ongoing policy processes in target countries Research outputs contributing to wider debates around social protection, safety nets and the role of cash The role of cash transfers in Social Protection (2)

  9. Activities Action-focused research on ongoing cash-based social protection programmes emerging cash-based social protection programmes institutional learning and policy change in cash-based programming The role of cash transfers in Social Protection (3)

  10. Country-focused activities Exploring options for cash-based transfers in Sierra Leone Targeting issues in Cambodia Involvement in M&E of pilot cash transfers in Malawi and Kenya The role of cash transfers in Social Protection (4)

  11. Programme background Innovative SP approaches to dealing with vulnerability Importance of agriculture for pro-poor growth Little systematic and strategic linking of social protection and agricultural growth policy and practice Linking agricultural growth and social protection (1)

  12. Programme objectives Better understand how social protection policies and agricultural policies can complement each other to achieve more efficient and equitable combinations of growth and poverty reduction? Support DFID country offices in their dialogues with governments and other partners to enable more coherent and ‘joined-up’ agriculture and social protection policies Linking agricultural growth and social protection (2)

  13. Key questions Current public expenditure patterns? How far do socially protecting measures support (or work against) gains in agricultural productivity? How far do measures to enhance agricultural productivity also provide (or diminish) social protection? What patterns of “complementarity” between growth promotion and social protection? Cost benefits brought by SP measures? What assessments are there of the benefits of existing interventions? How to identify priorities and suitable sequences? Linking agricultural growth and social protection (3)

  14. First phase of work plan Conceptual Framework Methodological Framework Country-level consultations Influencing strategy Linking agricultural growth and social protection (4)

  15. Outcomes of country level consultations Options for Zambia Work with CARE PPA on programme design and M&E Use MSU / FRSP data for modelling Feed into Ministry of Community Development and Social Services livelihoods study Options for Malawi CGE modelling with the World Bank Support to M&E for fertiliser and seeds subsidy programme Support DFID’s strategic engagement with processes Link to RHVP Working with RHVP to build up evidence base Linking agricultural growth and social protection (5)

  16. Household Economy Modelling and/or Market Analysis and Modelling Survey, qualitative interviews and participatory analysis Stakeholder and political economy analysis Cost and budget analysis The role of cash transfers in SP – methodological approach

  17. Secondary data collection; semi-structured interviews; rapid appraisal methods Household income and expenditure modelling; CGE Scenario building approaches Policy process techniques Linking SP and agricultural growth – methodological approach

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