Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage

• Tác giả: Boniface Kalanda
• Ngôn ngữ: eng
• Ký hiệu phân loại: 916.89 Geography of and travel in Africa
• Thông tin xuất bản: World Bank, Washington, DC, 2012
• Bộ sưu tập: Tài liệu truy cập mở
• ID: 323941
• Chủ đề: 1. BENEFICIARIES; 2. DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES; 3. ECONOMIC GROWTH; 4. FOOD SECURITY; 5. GENDER DIFFERENTIALS

Tóm tắt

This paper reports that in the 2004-2005 growing season, Malawi experienced a drought which affected farm produce and subsequently led to country-wide food shortages. Due to the food shortage, the Malawi Government implemented a Public Works Programme -- Conditional Cash Transfers (PWP-CCT) to transfer cash income to vulnerable households to enable them buy food and agricultural inputs for the 2005-2006 growing season. The paper explains the 2004-2005 drought, implementation of the PWP-CCT, and the issues and lessons learnt.