Covarrubias, Katia; Davis, Benjamin; Winters, Paul - In: Journal of Development Effectiveness 4 (2012) 1, pp. 50-77
The Malawi Social Cash Transfer (SCT) scheme is part of a wave of social protection programmes providing cash to poor households in order to reduce poverty and hunger and promote child education and health. This paper looks beyond the protective function of such programmes, analysing their...