Developing countries cash transfer programs

Many developing countries target their programs only to households without able-bodied adults (for example, Zambia s Kalomo scheme and Ethiopia s Direct Support program) or require able-bodied beneficiaries to work in return for benefits (all workfare programs, but also some cash transfer programs). 

Many people have strong ideas about the use of food-based versus cash transfers. Food distribution programs have played an important role in social policy and development, partly because of the availability of food aid from Australia, the United States, and other OECD countries (del Ninno, Dorosh, and Subbarao 2007). The debate on the use... 

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