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Publication: 03 Jan 2019 With the recent increasing need for Emergency Cash Transfer programs, private consulting firms alongside and the international organizations, find themselves obligated to constantly develop innovative mechanisms and tools to respond quickly to the emergency contexts. When a natural or humanitarian disaster struck, international assistance programs (such as UNICEF, World Food Program (WFP) and others) would respond by providing assistance to people in need. Cash transfer programming is also recognized by other international agencies and governments as a powerful instrument to help vulnerable people living in poverty to increase, not just in the sense of their household income, but also in terms of school enrollment, health and nutrition indicators, in addition to supporting people’s choice to spend cash benefits on what they feel they need the most (instead of what the program has decided they need) and thus retain dignity among affected populations. Download Article ...

 Publication: 18 May 2018 In an emergency context, implementing cash transfers is becoming more challenging as it requires a quick response that does not exceed a three-month period. Our firm has developed innovative mechanisms successfully implement an emergency cash transfer project. Cash transfer programming is also recognized by other international agencies and governments as a powerful instrument to help vulnerable people living in poverty increase, not just household income, but also school enrollment, health and nutrition indicators, in addition to supporting choice and dignity among affected populations.

 Publication: 09 April 2017 Reliable information of a country’s population is of crucial importance for successfully taking decisions on policies, programs and other aspects aiming at improving people’s lives. An effective tool to achieve the aforementioned goals is the Single Household Registry (SHR) which is known for its centralized identity database that contains comprehensive Household (HH) information and enables unified administration and monitoring across a variety of Social Protection (SP) Programs. However in practice, despite its well documented benefits, inconsistenties still exist leading to a range of weaknesses in its design, and utimately its implementation. To utilise a SHR efficiently and effectively, this paper presents our firm’s Dynamic Single Household Registry (DSHR); one that improves present SHR processes, creating a household registry that is regularly updated, has room for expansion and allows for the integration of other participant institutions or agencies’ databases and vice versa. Download Article ...

Publication: 03 Jun 2016 The Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP), locally known as the Mtukula Pakhomo, is an unconditional cash transfer programme targeted to ultra-poor, labour- constrained households. This programme is implemented by the Ministry of Gender, Children, Disability and Social Welfare (MoGCDSW). Financial support derives from various technical and financial Development Partners including KfW, Irish Aid, the European Union, World Bank and the Government of Malawi. The SCTP began as a pilot in Mchinji district in 2006 and after the first pilot year, expanded to six other districts. The project has experienced impressive growth since the beginning of 2012. The programme covers eighteen of the twenty-eight districts in Malawi and as of June 2016 has reached around 170,000 households, 757, 000 household members and 459,000 beneficiary children (aged 0-17 years old). As such, without any doubt, the SCTP has significantly and positively had impacts on its beneficiaries. Download Article ...