From evidence to action : the story of cash transfers and impact evaluation in Sub-Saharan Africa /
Impact evaluations must be embedded in the ongoing process of policy and programme design in order to be effective in influencing country policy. This is the primary lesson found in this book, which is based on the rigorous impact evaluations and country-case study analysis of government-run cash tr...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Oxford : [Rome, Italy] : [New York, NY] :
Oxford University Press ; Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations ; United Nations Children's Fund,
2016.
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| Edition: | First edition. |
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | Impact evaluations must be embedded in the ongoing process of policy and programme design in order to be effective in influencing country policy. This is the primary lesson found in this book, which is based on the rigorous impact evaluations and country-case study analysis of government-run cash transfer programmes undertaken in eight Sub-Saharan African countries (Kenya, Ghana, Ethiopia, Zambia, Zimbabwe, Lesotho, Malawi, South Africa) evaluated as part of the Transfer Project and From Protection to Production Project. The impact evaluations employed mixed method approaches, including randomized controls trials (RCTs) and non-experimental designs, qualitative methods and village LEWIE-CGE modelling. Evidence presented in the book counteracts concerns around social protection creating dependency showing that unconditional cash transfers lead to a broad range of social and productive impacts, even though they are not tied to any specific behaviour. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (xxxiii, 369 pages) : illustrations |
| Bibliography: | Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| ISBN: | 9780191822445 0191822442 9780191082276 0191082279 |