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Agribusiness Investment in Agricultural Commercialisation: Rethinking Policy Incentives in Africa

Governments in sub-Saharan Africa and their donors have made business investment a major policy goal, supported by a variety of...

Cash Transfer Programmes in High Inflation Contexts

The use of Cash Transfer (CT) programmes in developing regions arose as the understanding grew that some types of aid programmes were...

Women, Work and Social Protection

Published by: Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative

This collection of ESRC-DFID-funded research explores the need for a holistic approach to social protection moving beyond a framing of poverty alleviation as primarily being about access to the traditional labour market and cash transfers to encompass a broader range of considerations. Explores research from Bangladesh, Malawi, Lesotho, South Africa and Rwanda.

Pensioner Poverty

Published by: Institute of Development Studies and The Impact Initiative

This collection of ESRC-DFID funded research shows that in many settings, universal cash transfers and social pension programmes are providing much-needed financial support to older people.

Assessing the Performance of African Tax Administrations: A Malawian Puzzle

Published by: ICTD and IDS

We lack good indicators of the quality of national tax administrations, especially for low-income countries. The situation is, however,...

Malawi Shock-Responsive Social Protection (SRSP) Case Study

Shock-responsive social protection (SRSP) is increasingly being explored by a range of actors to link humanitarian assistance and longer-term development interventions and build the capacity of governments to manage the full spectrum of shocks that people face through integrated and aligned systems and programmes. To date, however, evidence of what has been tested and learned is limited.

Social Protection, Food Security and Nutrition in Six African Countries

Published by: IDS

Evaluations of social protection interventions across Africa often register significant success in improving household food security indicators, but little or no improvement in individual nutritional outcomes. One reason is under-coverage of poor people; another is the low value of social transfers. This paper reviews experiences with social protection in six African countries – Ethiopia, Malawi, Mozambique, Tanzania, Uganda and Zambia.