Additional Impact Evaluations Planned for Africa’s Cash Transfer Programs (as of 2010)
Program Name |
Date Results Expected |
Key Information from Evaluation |
Burkina Faso CT/CCT |
2010 |
Impact of conditional versus unconditional transfers and payments to mothers versus fathers on educational, health, and consumption outcomes |
Kenya CT for OVC |
2010 |
Impact of conditional versus unconditional transfers |
Kenya HSNP |
First results in 2010; additional
results later |
Impact of unconditional transfers targeting various groups in extremely remote areas |
Nigeria Kano CCT for
Girls’ Education |
Late 2012 |
Impact of soft versus hard conditions; different transfer sizes; centralized versus decentralized monitoring; impact of various communications strategies, including mobile phone technology |
Rwanda VUP |
2010 |
Impact of unconditional transfer in larger social protection program which includes support for insertion into financial system and labor market when possible |
Senegal CF-SCT |
2011 |
Impact of unconditional transfers on consumption, nutrition, and health outcomes in presence of successful community nutrition program |
Tanzania CB-CCT |
2010/2011 |
Impact of CCT that functions within a social fund and is supported by communities trained in community-driven development |
Tanzania RESPECT |
2010/2011 |
Impact of CCT conditioned on remaining free of curable STIs on STI status, HIV status, and other measures. Initial results already available; additional results expected |
Zambia Monze SCT |
2010/2011 |
Impact of unconditional cash transfers on household outcomes |
Other programs for which experimental impact evaluations were expected to occur included Ghana’s LEAP, Lesotho’s CGP, and Senegal’s CCT for OVC.
For more information on recent and planned impact evaluations in Sub-Saharan Africa, see
here.