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Social Cash Transfer (SCT)
Programme
Social Cash Transfer (SCT)
Country
Malawi
Geographic area
Sub-Saharan Africa
Previous programme name (if any)
Start date 2006 1
Programme objectives
To address poverty and food insecurity while improving school enrolment
and attendance, and the health and nutrition status of beneficiaries. 1
Programme type Unconditional cash transfer 2
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
Geographical targeting; community-based
targeting; and proxy means test since 2014.
Target areas
By December 2015, 18 out of 28 districts (Mchinji, Likoma, Salima,
Machinga, Mangochi, Phalombe, Chitipa, Balaka, Thyolo, Nsanje,
Chikhwawa, Neno, Mwanza, Mulanje, Zomba, Mzimba, Dedza
and Nkhata Bay).
Target groups Ultra-poor and labour-constrained households. 1
Eligibility criteria
Eligible households are ultra-poor and labour-constrained, with members
who are elderly, chronically ill, orphaned and/or have disabilities. 3
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits Average of MWK4,500 per month (revised in May 2015)
Payment/delivery frequency
Monthly
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipient
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage
The programme was reaching 170,000 households in 18 districts by
December 2015, and is expected to cover 320,000 households by 2016.
Programme expenditure
Institutions and agencies involved Global Fund to Fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malaria (GFATM);
German government (through the Kreditanstalt für Wiederaufbau
development bank, or KfW); Irish Aid; the European Union;
World Bank; UNICEF; Government of Malawi 2
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 178: Social Cash Transfer (SCT)
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