Cash transfers

Cash Transfers and Digital Financial Inclusion: Regional evidence from the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia, and Nepal.

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 11/02/2023 - 16:49

 World Food Programme (Feb 2023) The study examines the barriers and opportunities to strengthening digital financial inclusion for cash transfer recipients in the Asia-Pacific region, with a focus on Bangladesh, Cambodia and Nepal. Specifically, it maps the existing evidence on the landscape of digital financial inclusion and cash transfer programmes in the region, and explores the perspectives and experiences of cash transfer recipients in receiving digital cash transfers.

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Asia
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Digital inclusion
Cash transfers
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Social protection and rural transformation in Africa

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 04/04/2023 - 16:26

fao.org (2023) This article develops a conceptual framework on pathways through which non-contributory social protection can contribute to a resilient and inclusive agricultural growth in rural Africa. It draws insights from a review of rigorous empirical evidence on the impacts of cash transfers and multifaceted cash plus programs on range of relevant productive outcomes, including: accumulation of productive assets; inputs and farm management practices; off-farm labour and non-farm enterprises; and farm production and income.

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Africa
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Extension of coverage
Cash transfers
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Digitizing cash transfers to remote rural populations: challenges and solutions from the experience of Zambia

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 11/08/2022 - 16:49

.worldbank.org (30.09.2022) There is currently a major focus on digitization within African countries, with the interest of, on the one hand, increasing efficiency and lowering the cost-of-service delivery, and on the other hand, increasing financial inclusion for excluded parts of the population. Zambia provides an important case study of digitization of social protection transfers.

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zambia
Global challenges
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Information and communication technology
Cash transfers
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Poor families first: Challenges of the ‘stimulus checks’ in the United States’

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 09/16/2022 - 15:49

ipcig.org (01.09.2022) Economic Impact Payments (EIPs)—commonly referred to as ‘stimulus checks’—were one of the key measures adopted by the US government to ease the crisis resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. By May 2022, USD817 billion had been distributed to about 85 per cent of US households. However, those most in need faced many obstacles to receive the benefits, or never even received them. This Policy Research Brief examines some aspects of the operationalisation of this initiative and provides suggestions for future improvement.

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United States
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Cash transfers
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France: Versement automatique des prestations sociales : des expérimentations prévues début 2023

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 09/05/2022 - 15:40

rtl.fr (02.09.2022) Le ministre des Solidarités, Jean-Christophe Combe, veut revoir le mode de versement de certaines prestations sociales car il trouve "anomal que 30% des personnes qui ont droit à des aides ne les réclament pas".

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france
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Cash transfers
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Social assistance spending in Africa before, during and post COVID-19

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 09/02/2022 - 16:16

saspen.org (2022)  This Brief examines social assistance spending in Africa before, during and post-COVID-19 and uses the same to demonstrate how social protection experts in Africa can build on this spending momentum to improve the adequacy and reach of social assistance.

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Africa
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Cash transfers
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Egypt: New social protection package to enter into effect in September

Submitted by pmassetti on Fri, 08/26/2022 - 15:31

Ahram OnlinePrime (26.08.2022) Minister Mostafa Madbouly has announced that the country's newly introduced social protection package to help Egyptians cope with the global repercussions of Russian-Ukraine war will go into effect in September.

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egypt
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Cash transfers
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Nigeria: Why we introduced digitalized cash transfer payments - FG

Submitted by pmassetti on Mon, 08/22/2022 - 16:58

Daily Post Nigeria (12.08.2022)  The Federal Government said the introduction of digitalized cash transfer payment will help in addressing some lapses while operating the analog payment system. Minister of Humanitarian Affairs, Disaster Management, and Social Development, Sadiya Umar Farouq, disclosed this at the official flag-off of the grant for vulnerable groups as well as the digitized payment for conditional cash transfer held in Dutse, Jigawa State.

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nigeria
Global challenges
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E-services
Cash transfers
Digital Economy Topical Cluster
Service delivery
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Cash Transfers in Pandemic Times : Evidence, Practices, and Implications from the Largest Scale Up in History

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 07/14/2022 - 15:39

worldbank.org (2022) Is Coronavirus (Covid-19) a “game changer” for cash transfers? This tantalizing question has animated a large body of recent literature and over 60 virtual panels. This paper offers some clues to address the question by bringing together data, evaluations and practical experiences generated over the course of the pandemic.

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Ten lessons from the largest scale up of cash transfers in history

Submitted by pmassetti on Thu, 07/14/2022 - 15:37

blogs.worldbank.org (13.07.2022) Over the past 30 months we have been carefully tracking countries’ unprecedented social protection responses to Covid-19. But what are we learning from such wealth of experiences?  A new paper – Cash Transfers in Pandemic Times: Evidence, Practices, and Implications from the Largest Scale Up in History – combines analysis of large datasets with a review of about 300 pandemic papers, evaluations, and practical experiences while focusing on a particular form of social protection – cash transfers.

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