Impact evaluations
In search of the holy grail: can unconditional cash transfers graduate households out of poverty in Zambia?
3ie Impact evaluation report 103, 2019
Sudhanshu Handa, Gelson Tembo, Luisa Natali, Gustavo Angeles and Gean Spektor
This impact evaluation assessed whether the effects of the Zambian government’s Child Grant Programme were sustained after households exited the programme. The authors find that the consumption and food security of the original households declined after the programme ended and positive effects had faded out two years later.