The South African Child Support Grant

In many areas, applicants can obtain the required certifications for affirming marriage certificates or divorce decrees, as well as making affidavits declaring the earnings of applicants and their spouses, from police officers. In some Eastern Cape sites, however, program officials or 

The denomination of the stamps varies from program to program in some cases it is in cash, in others it is in kind. The amount of the transfer is often based on the gap 

Lessons. The government made substantial efforts and was able to increase the participation of poor children in the program, but some work remains to be done to reach those poor families without proper documentation. More work also has to be done to reduce the rate of dropouts from the program, which are likely to occur when the primary caregiver changes, often because of death from AIDS. 

FOR PROTECTION AND PROMOWN THE DESIGN AND IMPLEMENTATION OF EFFECTIVE SAFETY NETS 

Finally, food stamp programs can include self-targeting elements. In Honduras, the Bono Escolar (Food Stamps for Schoolchildren) benefit was distributed through primary schools in selected areas and the Bono Materno Infantil (Food Stamps for Mothers and Young Children) benefit was distributed at health centers in poor areas thus, targeting was achieved through school attendance by children or the use of health clinics by mothers. Alternatively, such programs can impose limitations on the types of commodities that can be purchased with the stamps, as in Jamaica. 

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Case, Anne, Victoria Hosegood, and Frances Lund. 2005. The Reach of the South African Child Support Grant Evidence from Kwa-Zulu Natal. Development Southern Africa 22 (4) 467-82. 

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