Reference Document Nr. 14: Short version - Social transfers in the fight against hunger - A resource for development practitioners

This present document provides an overview of the content of the Reference Document Nr. 16 "Social transfers in the fight against hunger" . It follows its overall structure and presents its key messages. It is worth noting that the Reference Document was written so that each chapter could be read independently, according to the immediate needs of the reader.

The text of the full publication has already been published on the internet and can be found under this link.

http://capacity4dev.ec.europa.eu/topic/fighting-hunger-food-security-nutrition

Table of Contents

Introduction                            7
Overview of the content of the full version of the Reference Document       8
1. Introducing social transfers                        10
2. Conceptualising social transfers                  11
3. Justifying social transfers                             13
4. Using social transfers to fight hunger              14
5. Contextualising social transfers               16
6. Designing social transfers                    17
7. Managing social transfers                19
8. Supporting social transfers              20
9. Financing social transfers        21

List of tables
Table 1: Common types of social transfers 11

List of diagrams
Diagram 1: Social transfers in the framework of food security 14