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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Corporate Authors: Oxford University Press.
Group Author: Davis, Benjamin, 1964-; Handa, Sudhanshu; Hypher, Nicola; Rossi, Natalia Winder; Winters, Paul; Yablonski, Jennifer
Published: Oxford University Press,
Publisher Address: New York :
Publication Dates: 2016.
Literature type: eBook
Language: English
Edition: First edition.
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Online Access: http://www.iresearchbook.cn/f/ebook/detail?id=1d3d3ba56aa94efd9a65767515f2c4fa
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.
Carrier Form: 1 online resource (xxxiii, 369 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography: Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN: 9780191082276
Index Number: HC79
CLC: F140.54