Tanzania : Can Local Communities Successfully Run Cash Transfer Programs?
In Tanzania, an innovative conditional cash transfer program that relies on local communities to administer the payments has succeeded in helping the countrys poorest citizens. But these programs generally require strong central government bureaucr...
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okr-10986-225922021-04-23T14:04:09Z Tanzania : Can Local Communities Successfully Run Cash Transfer Programs? World Bank ABSENTEEISM RATES AGED CITIZENS CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY COHESION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS DISTRICTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FEMALE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEARNING NUTRITION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROMOTING HEALTH RURAL AREAS SAFETY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLS SOCIAL PROTECTION TEACHERS VILLAGE COUNCIL VILLAGES VULNERABLE CHILDREN In Tanzania, an innovative conditional cash transfer program that relies on local communities to administer the payments has succeeded in helping the countrys poorest citizens. But these programs generally require strong central government bureaucracies to administer the program and transfer the payments, potentially limiting the use of these programs where governments are less experienced or stable. Development experts are interested in new models for delivering cash transfers in countries with weak or inexperienced central governments. One possibility is to rely on communities themselves, rather than a central bureaucracy, to administer the cash transfers. But can communities run the programs as efficiently and ensure that benefits are equally and regularly distributed? Community-based conditional cash transfers have proven to be an effective tool for alleviating poverty and improving health and education outcomes for the poor. These are important lessons for development experts and should provide much-needed evidence for policy makers looking to expand social safety net programs in low income countries. As the results of a recent impact evaluation indicate, cash transfer systems can be adapted to work well in low-income countries that do not have a strong central government to administer them. Community groups, provided they are given proper training and adequate support, can handle the logistics of the cash transfers, and in doing so, help improve the lives of their poorest neighbors. This Evidence to Policy note was jointly produced by the World Bank Group, the Strategic Impact Evaluation Fund (SIEF), and the British governments Department for International Development. 2015-09-11T21:11:51Z 2015-09-11T21:11:51Z 2014-03 Brief http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2014/03/19278238/tanzania-can-local-communities-successfully-run-cash-transfer-programs http://hdl.handle.net/10986/22592 English en_US From evidence to policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Brief Africa Tanzania |
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ABSENTEEISM RATES AGED CITIZENS CLINICS COMMUNITIES COMMUNITY COHESION COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT COMMUNITY GROUPS DISTRICTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ENROLLMENT FAMILIES FEMALE GIRLS HEALTH CARE HOUSEHOLDS HOUSING HUMAN DEVELOPMENT LEARNING NUTRITION PRIMARY SCHOOL PROMOTING HEALTH RURAL AREAS SAFETY SCHOOL SUPPLIES SCHOOL UNIFORMS SCHOOLS SOCIAL PROTECTION TEACHERS VILLAGE COUNCIL VILLAGES VULNERABLE CHILDREN World Bank Tanzania : Can Local Communities Successfully Run Cash Transfer Programs? |
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In Tanzania, an innovative conditional
cash transfer program that relies on local communities to
administer the payments has succeeded in helping the
countrys poorest citizens. But these programs generally
require strong central government bureaucracies to
administer the program and transfer the payments,
potentially limiting the use of these programs where
governments are less experienced or stable. Development
experts are interested in new models for delivering cash
transfers in countries with weak or inexperienced central
governments. One possibility is to rely on communities
themselves, rather than a central bureaucracy, to administer
the cash transfers. But can communities run the programs as
efficiently and ensure that benefits are equally and
regularly distributed? Community-based conditional cash
transfers have proven to be an effective tool for
alleviating poverty and improving health and education
outcomes for the poor. These are important lessons for
development experts and should provide much-needed evidence
for policy makers looking to expand social safety net
programs in low income countries. As the results of a recent
impact evaluation indicate, cash transfer systems can be
adapted to work well in low-income countries that do not
have a strong central government to administer them.
Community groups, provided they are given proper training
and adequate support, can handle the logistics of the cash
transfers, and in doing so, help improve the lives of their
poorest neighbors. This Evidence to Policy note was jointly
produced by the World Bank Group, the Strategic Impact
Evaluation Fund (SIEF), and the British governments
Department for International Development. |
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Tanzania : Can Local Communities Successfully Run Cash Transfer Programs? |
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Tanzania : Can Local Communities Successfully Run Cash Transfer Programs? |
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