In 2005 and 2006, Oxfam UK set up two cash transfer projects in Zambia and Malawi. The programmes were assessed by the Overseas Development Institute (ODI), and this paper uses its main conclusions. The assessment brings out the...
The fight against undernutrition must be an integral part of poverty reduction strategies. The PRSP (Poverty Reduction Strategy Papers) are key instruments facilitating the adoption of a multi-sector approach and enhancing the...
The author asks about the relevance of targeting and the conditioning of cash transfer programmes. He analyses a certain number of experiences that show that non-targeted unconditional cash transfers are more effective and fairer...
This study was written to contribute to the DFID position paper on including food security in social protection policies, strategies and programmes in developing countries. The authors emphasise that food security can be...
The paper was written for the Forum on Food Security in Southern Africa. Firstly, it looks at the definition of social protection and talks about choices of priority in implementing social transfer programmes in Southern Africa...
This report, a joint initiative by Save the Children and World Vision, aims to assess progress, lessons learned and challenges in promoting resilience in the Sahel, with a particular focus on the effects on child undernutrition...
Les systèmes d'information sur les marchés (SIM) mis en place dans les années 1980 pour accompagner la libéralisation des marchés ont été fréquemment critiqués pour leur incapacité à répondre aux besoins des opérateurs, leur...
This report builds upon an earlier study (Aid for nutrition: Can investments to scale up nutrition actions be accurately tracked ? July 2012), which documented low levels of financial investments in nutrition, highlighted major...
Launched in 2010, the SUN Mouvement has been endorsed by more than 100 organisations from governments, civil society, development agencies, UN organizations, academia, research institutions and private sector. A SUN roadmap has...
This report examines current and planned research projects on agriculture for improved nutrition and uses a mapping process to identify gaps in research coverage. A conceptual framework has been developed to define and charaterise...