The From Protection to Production (PtoP) project aims to identify productive impacts of cash transfer programmes covering three thematic areas of inquiry: household economic decision-making, the local economy and social networks and risk sharing. The...

The LEWIE methodology is designed to understand the full impact of cash transfers on local economies, including on the production activities of both beneficiary and non-beneficiary groups; how these effects change when programs are scaled...

The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has signed a three-year agreement with the research programme at the UK Department for International Development (DFID) – the From Protection to Production (PtoP) project...

Country: Malawi

Journal of Development EffectivenessVol. 4, No. 1, March 2012, 50–77 From protection to production: productive impacts of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer scheme Katia Covarrubiasa*, Benjamin Davisa and Paul Winters

The objective of this review is to provide a framework to understand and document the full range of impacts from Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programs. These programs are part of a new policy agenda for...