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MODULE 4: CONSULTING THE POOR ON SAFETY NETS

MODULE 4: CONSULTING THE POOR ON SAFETY NETS. Blessings Chinsinga (Team leader) Chris Dzimadzi Regson Chaweza Patrick Kambewa Prince Kapondamgaga Overtoun Mgemezulu. INTRODUCTION. Overall objective: consulting the poor Traditional support systems Selection of beneficiaries – fair methods

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MODULE 4: CONSULTING THE POOR ON SAFETY NETS

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  1. MODULE 4: CONSULTING THE POOR ON SAFETY NETS Blessings Chinsinga (Team leader) Chris Dzimadzi Regson Chaweza Patrick Kambewa Prince Kapondamgaga Overtoun Mgemezulu

  2. INTRODUCTION • Overall objective: consulting the poor • Traditional support systems • Selection of beneficiaries – fair methods • TIP • Direct Welfare Transfers (cash and in kind) • Effective and fair management

  3. DEFINITIONS OF POVERTY • The rich • The relatively well-off • The struggling • The very poor • Easy to define the rich and the very poor

  4. TRADITIONAL SUPPORT SYSTEMS • Common systems • Reciprocatory (funeral and illness) • Care for the vulnerable • No relation to poverty relief • Changes over time • Role of traditional structures

  5. TIP – 2000/01 • What happened last year • Registration • Distribution • Recommendations • Beneficiaries to be announced at meetings • Vouchers to bear names of beneficiaries • Village heads to be present at distribution centres

  6. TIP – 2001/02SELECTION • Simulate the selection of beneficiaries: 1/3 of village • Is community targeting feasible? • Social mapping • Card game • Criteria for inclusion & exclusion

  7. TIP – 2001/02 SELECTION • Targeting not easy but possible • Resistance across all sites • Social conflicts • Equity • Regional variations • Small group easier than larger ones beyond the vulnerable

  8. TIP – 2001/02 SELECTION • Need for facilitators • Need for information / sensitisation (who, when, what…) • Selection to be managed by a broader group

  9. TIPMANAGEMENT • Management of TIP • Democratically elected committee • Village headman • Beneficiaries • Outsiders • No clear preference (hybrid structures)

  10. TIPMANAGEMENT • Scoring alternatives • Packs split in half before distribution • Packs split in half after distribution • Jump a year (receive this year but not next) • Half the village receives • Village head shares (using a cup) • No TIP

  11. TIP • Overall conclusions • Targeting an alien concept • Community targeting possible but requires considerable resources • Preferences for egalitarian distribution options

  12. DIRECT WELFARE TRANSFERS • Cash transfers - MK 550 per month • In-kind transfers • 1 pail, 1 blanket, 4 plates, 2 pots, 10 tablets (laundry soap) and 10 tablets (bathing soap) • 50 kg bag of maize per month (4 months after receipt of the initial package)

  13. DIRECT WELFARE TRANSFERSSELECTION • Feasibility of targeting • Same procedure as in TIP (card game) BUT • Select 10% of households • Overall conclusion • Resistance • Targeting easier as compared to TIP

  14. DIRECT WELFARE TRANSFERSTYPE OF TRANSFER • Cash vs In-kind transfers • Advantages and disadvantages • Overwhelming preference for in-kind transfers • Especially women and the vulnerable

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