This discussion paper presents an analytical review of the design and implementation of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) schemes, particularly in Latin America; juxtaposing it with those schemes in India that have similar characteristics. The objective is to promote informed discussion among various stakeholders on the desirability and feasibility of introducing multi-sectoral CCT schemes for alleviating human poverty and achieving the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in India. In India, food security issues coupled with the global financial crisis have made achieving the MDGs particularly complicated.
The paper focuses on many indicators at the heart of CYES efforts, including income inequality, primary and secondary education, and child labor, which often accompanies lowered household productivity.
USAID/Peru seeks to develop innovative alliances that decrease malnutrition (chronic and micronutrient malnutrition, particularly anemia) in children in support of the Government of Peru’s malnutrition strategy. The alliance will stimulate and encourage action by regional and local governments to increase effectiveness of their nutrition programs. USAID will give priority to innovative, private-sector driven interventions including, but not limited to, the following examples:
- nutrition education,
- micronutrient administration,
- improved water and sanitation (handwashing, access to potable water, etc.),
- improved household practices (improved kitchens, etc.),
- food access (particularly high biological protein sources), and
- increased access to quality healthcare (including prenatal care, treatment and prevention of childhood illnesses such as diarrhea and respiratory infections, etc.).
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Project HOPE’s orphans and vulnerable children (OVC) program, implemented in Mozambique and Namibia, uses a low literacy “Parenting Map” comprised of measurable child-specific indicators across all domains of critical needs for OVC. This map is designed to be used at the household level by project staff and volunteers as a road map for showing a quick but comprehensive snapshot of each child’s well-being, which identifies service needs and provides immediate feedback to caregivers.
The parenting map form comprises 30 separate indicators grouped into 6 domains of service:
- health
- nutrition
- shelter/care
- education
- protection
- psycho-social
Each indicator represents a commonly desired measurable outcome for children (e.g. attending school). Each indicator is scored by the caregiver as either being completed (scored as a 3), not completed (scored as a 1), or unsure of status (scored as a 2). A map is completed on each child in the household and is designed to be left with the caregiver.
Click on the link below to download the Parenting Map, as well as a summary of the data collected between July and October 2008. The comparative results from Namibia are presented, showing the Map’s effectiveness for assessing program impact, targeting most at-risk subgroups, and guiding responses to OVC priorities, and in achieving improvements in child well-being.
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| Project HOPE OVC Parenting Map Results Feb 2009.pdf | 1.07 MB |
This report by Save the Children emphasizes the role of cash transfers in lowering child mortality. It argues that well-designed cash transfer programs can help tackle many of the determinants of child mortality, most immediately by increasing access to healthcare and reducing malnutrition.The report draws on evidence across a number of countries to demonstrate that cash transfers have helped poor people to access food and healthcare, and to enhance the status of women (itself one of the most significant determinants of child survival). It further argues that cash transfers also have important positive economic benefits, helping to create livelihood opportunities, increase labor productivity and earnings, stimulate local markets, and cushion families from the worst effects of crises.
