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...

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...

This note summarizes the role social protection can play in saving livelihoods while also enhancing the capacity of households to respond, cope and withstand threats...

Country: Ethiopia

This brief describes the broad array of impacts arising from a cash transfer programme that was piloted in the Tigray region of Ethiopia from 2011 to 2014.

Country: Zambia