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

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

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 Progra...

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Main Authors: Kalanda, Boniface, Mandala, Charles, Magwira, Joseph
Format: Brief
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2012
Subjects:
BENEFICIARIES
DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
INCOME
LEARNING
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
MUNICIPALITY
OPERATIONS
POLITICAL LEADERS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PROGRAMS
PROGRESS
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC WORKS
RADIO
RURAL AREAS
SECTOR WORK
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL POLICY
SUPERVISION
TARGETING
VULNERABILITY
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6988327/malawi-public-works-programme-conditional-cash-transfers-emergency-response-national-food-shortage
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spelling okr-10986-96112021-04-23T14:02:46Z Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage Kalanda, Boniface Mandala, Charles Magwira, Joseph BENEFICIARIES DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES ECONOMIC GROWTH FOOD SECURITY GENDER DIFFERENTIALS INCOME LEARNING LOCAL AUTHORITIES LOCAL LEADERSHIP MUNICIPALITY OPERATIONS POLITICAL LEADERS POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PROGRAMS PROGRESS PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION PUBLIC PUBLIC WORKS RADIO RURAL AREAS SECTOR WORK SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL POLICY SUPERVISION TARGETING VULNERABILITY 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. 2012-08-13T09:05:39Z 2012-08-13T09:05:39Z 2006-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6988327/malawi-public-works-programme-conditional-cash-transfers-emergency-response-national-food-shortage http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9611 English Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 262 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research Africa Malawi
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topic BENEFICIARIES
DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
INCOME
LEARNING
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
MUNICIPALITY
OPERATIONS
POLITICAL LEADERS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PROGRAMS
PROGRESS
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC WORKS
RADIO
RURAL AREAS
SECTOR WORK
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL POLICY
SUPERVISION
TARGETING
VULNERABILITY
spellingShingle BENEFICIARIES
DISTRICT ASSEMBLIES
ECONOMIC GROWTH
FOOD SECURITY
GENDER DIFFERENTIALS
INCOME
LEARNING
LOCAL AUTHORITIES
LOCAL LEADERSHIP
MUNICIPALITY
OPERATIONS
POLITICAL LEADERS
POVERTY REDUCTION
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY
PROGRAMS
PROGRESS
PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION
PUBLIC
PUBLIC WORKS
RADIO
RURAL AREAS
SECTOR WORK
SOCIAL ACTION
SOCIAL POLICY
SUPERVISION
TARGETING
VULNERABILITY
Kalanda, Boniface
Mandala, Charles
Magwira, Joseph
Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage
geographic_facet Africa
Malawi
relation Africa Region Findings & Good Practice Infobriefs; No. 262
description 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.
format Publications & Research :: Brief
author Kalanda, Boniface
Mandala, Charles
Magwira, Joseph
author_facet Kalanda, Boniface
Mandala, Charles
Magwira, Joseph
author_sort Kalanda, Boniface
title Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage
title_short Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage
title_full Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage
title_fullStr Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage
title_full_unstemmed Malawi - Public Works Programme : Conditional Cash Transfers as an Emergency Response to a National Food Shortage
title_sort malawi - public works programme : conditional cash transfers as an emergency response to a national food shortage
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2012
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2006/05/6988327/malawi-public-works-programme-conditional-cash-transfers-emergency-response-national-food-shortage
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/9611
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