Cash transfers in an epidemic context : the interaction of formal and informal support in rural Malawi (English)

This paper investigates the short-run consumption expenditure dynamics and the interaction of public and private arrangements of ultra-poor and labor-constrained households in Malawi using an original dataset from the Mchinjii social cash transfer pilot project (one of the first experiments of social protection policies based on unconditional cash transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa). The authors exploit the unique source of exogenous variation provided...

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Miller, Candace;

Strobbe,Francesco;
Document Date
2011/10/01
Document Type
Policy Research Working Paper
Report Number
WPS5824
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Malawi,
Region
Eastern and Southern Africa,
Disclosure Date
2011/10/01
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Cash transfers in an epidemic context : the interaction of formal and informal support in rural Malawi
Keywords
Cash Transfer

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Miller, Candace; Strobbe,Francesco.

Cash transfers in an epidemic context : the interaction of formal and informal support in rural Malawi (English). Policy Research working paper ; no. WPS 5824 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/898521468048891114

Cash transfers in an epidemic context : the interaction of formal and informal support in rural Malawi (English)

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