This brief summarises the findings of rigorous impact evaluations of seven government-run cash transfer programmes in sub-Saharan Africa. The focus of the evaluations was on...

Social cash transfer programmes are on the rise in sub-Saharan Africa, building on the momentum generated by the African Union’s 2008 Social Policy Framework Plan...

Work area: Social Protection and Resilience

This note focuses on the topic of social protection in protracted crises, presenting some possible approaches and its...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

Country: Lesotho

The Lesotho Child Grants Programme (CGP) is an unconditional social cash transfer that targets poor rural households with orphans and vulnerable children (OVCs). The primary objective of the programme is to improve the living standards...