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Tigray Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (SCTPP)
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
Tigray Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (SCTPP)
Ethiopia
Start date 2011 1
Programme objectives
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
Target areas
Sub-Saharan Africa
To reduce poverty, hunger and starvation in
extremely poor and labour-constrained households. 1
Unconditional cash transfer
Geographical targeting combined with
community-based targeting and categorical targeting. 2
Tigray region: the urban area of Abi-Adi
and the rural woreda of Hintalo-Wajirat.
Target groups Extremely poor and labour-constrained households. 3
Eligibility criteria
Potential beneficiaries should be considered extremely poor (households
suffering extreme levels of deprivation as measured by hunger, that have
no assets and means of supporting themselves and receive no regular
assistance from relatives) and labour-constrained (households with no
able-bodied members aged 19–60 who can undertake work; or where there
is an able-bodied adult who is responsible for more than three dependents). 2
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
A fixed amount of USD7.88 in addition to:
• USD1.27 for each child plus USD0.50 if the child is
enrolled in school (up to a maximum of four children)
• USD2 for households with a child with disabilities, additional
• USD2.54 for households with an adult with disabilities, and
• USD3.05 if one of the household members is an elderly dependent. 4
Payment/delivery frequency Monthly 3
Benefit delivery mechanism
The SCTPP relies on a ‘pull’ delivery mechanism; programme
beneficiaries can collect payments from payment points operated
by Dedebit Microfinance Institution (DECSI), a private microfinance
institution. Electronic payments are also conducted by M-BIRR
(a mobile money service provider). 2
Benefit recipients
Beneficiaries can collect the payments themselves or designate
another person (either a member of the household or not)
to collect payments on their behalf. 2
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage 3,767 households (2014) 4
Programme expenditure
Approximately USD1.3 million
Institutions and agencies involved Tigray Bureau of Labour and Social Affairs (BOLSA); UNICEF 4
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
Quarterly progress tracking and external
impact evaluation ver three years.
See the references on page 169: Tigray Social Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (SCTPP)
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