Ministry of Community Development, Mother and Child Health Social Cash Transfer Scheme

This document describes a comprehensive evaluation of Zambia's Child Grant Program (CGP), which offers unconditional monthly cash transfers to households with young children to alleviate poverty and enhance food security. The evaluation, conducted through various methodological approaches including randomized controlled trials and difference-in-difference modeling, assessed the program's impact on a range of outcomes such as household consumption, poverty reduction, child health, women's economic status, agricultural productivity, and local economic activity. Results across different evaluations consistently show that the CGP has led to increased spending on essentials, improved food security, better child health outcomes, and economic benefits like higher household income and local economic stimulation. Despite some challenges in implementation and misunderstandings about program conditions, the CGP has had a significant positive effect on beneficiary households, particularly in terms of consumption, poverty alleviation, and food security. However, the program had limited impact on maternal health indicators, women's decision-making power, primary school enrollment, and did not significantly alter community governance structures or women's leadership involvement. **This summary was written by an AI model and therefore should not be considered a definitive summary of the report. If you are aware of inaccuracies, please email evaluation.registry@cabinetoffice.gov.uk.**

Description

• Lead department: Closed organisation: Department for International Development
• Evaluation stage: A complete evaluation report
• Other departments: No other departments listed
• Evaluation types: Impact evaluation
• Impact methods: Randomised control trial (RCT)
• RCT methods: No RCT methods listed
• Grant information: This intervention is not distributing funding via a grant
• Government Major Project information: This intervention is not a major project
• Policies: No policies provided

Event Dates

• Event Name: Publication of final results
• Event date: September 2013

Evaluation Costs

• Cost: Not provided

Evaluation sharing

• Link(s) to published report(s): Yes
• Links to evaluation plans: No link provided
• Findings: Not provided
• Permission to share confirmed: Yes