Alternative Cash Transfer Delivery Mechanisms : Impacts on Routine Preventative Health Clinic Visits in Burkina Faso
The authors conducted a unique randomized experiment to estimate the impact of two alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household demand for routine preventative health services in rural Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program randomly...
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| Format: | Policy Research Working Paper |
| Language: | English |
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2012
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| Online Access: | http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/main?menuPK=64187510&pagePK=64193027&piPK=64187937&theSitePK=523679&menuPK=64187510&searchMenuPK=64187283&siteName=WDS&entityID=000158349_20120123132530 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/3243 |
| Summary: | The authors conducted a unique
randomized experiment to estimate the impact of two
alternative cash transfer delivery mechanisms on household
demand for routine preventative health services in rural
Burkina Faso. The two-year pilot program randomly
distributed cash transfers that were either conditional or
unconditional, and the money was given to either mothers or
fathers. Families enrolled in the conditional cash transfer
schemes were required to obtain quarterly child-growth
monitoring at local health clinics for all children under
five years old. There was not such a requirement under the
unconditional programs. Compared with control group
households, conditional cash transfers significantly
increased the number of preventative health care visits
during the previous year, while unconditional cash transfers
did not have such an impact. For the conditional cash
transfers, money given to mothers or fathers showed
beneficial impacts of similar magnitude in increasing
routine visits. |
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