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7 Jun 2016
Infographic

Positive Outcomes from AIR’s Impact Evaluations of Two Large Cash Transfer Programs in Zambia

This infographic highlights three positive outcomes from AIR’s impact evaluations of two large cash transfer programs in Zambia. The evaluations included some of the largest randomized control trials of cash transfer programs in Africa and gives evidence that such programs can help alleviate poverty and improve the lives of the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people.

Animated infographic: Zambia cash transfer results

Related Projects

Project

Impact Evaluation of Zambia’s Multiple Category Transfer Grant Program

The Multiple Category Transfer Grant program (MCTG) in Zambia provides grants directly to poor, labor constrained households, empowering families to decide how best to meet their needs.
Project

Impact Evaluation of Zambia’s Child Grant Program

Zambia’s Child Grant cash transfer program provides grants directly to poor households with children under five years old, empowering families to decide how best to meet their needs. AIR conducted an evaluation and found gains greater than the value of the transfer size itself.

Related Work

30 Jan 2016
Report

Zambia's Child Grant Program: 48-Month Impact Report

Zambia’s Child Grant cash transfer program provides grants directly to poor households with children under five years old. A four-year study shows that this unconditional cash transfer has proven to be an effective approach to alleviating extreme poverty and empowering households to improve their standard of living in a way that is most appropriate for them, based on their own choices.
Topic: 
International Health and Social Protection, International
28 Feb 2016
Report

Zambia’s Multiple Category Targeting Grant: 36-Month Impact Report

In 2010, the government of the Republic of Zambia implemented the Child Grant cash transfer program, the results of which offer evidence that small-scale cash transfers to poor rural households with young children can stimulate

Topic: 
International Health and Social Protection, International
4 Jun 2014
Index

AIR Index: Zambia’s Cash Transfer Program

Zambia rolled out a no-strings-attached cash transfer program in 2010 for households with at least one child under five. Here’s a quick look at some of the results.
Topic: 
International, International Health and Social Protection

Further Reading

  • Cash Transfers Explained: How Cash Empowers Poor Families in Zambia
  • Zambia’s Multiple Category Targeting Grant: 36-Month Impact Report
  • Zambia's Child Grant Program: 48-Month Impact Report
  • Can Unconditional Cash Transfers Lead to Sustainable Poverty Reduction? Evidence from Two Government-Led Programmes in Zambia
  • Cash Transfer Programs Succeed for Zambia’s Poor, Offer Lessons for Battling African Poverty, AIR Finds
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