Community-based conditional cash transfers in Tanzania : results from a Randomized trial / David K. Evans, Stephanie Hausladen, Katrina Kosec, and Natasha Reese
Table of figures -- Table of tables -- Abbreviations -- Acknowledgements -- Executive summary -- Background -- Results of the baseline survey -- Evaluation strategy -- Impact evaluation results at midline (July-September 2011) -- Results of the community score cards exercise -- Results of the midline focus group exercise -- Impact evaluation results at endline (August-October 2012) -- Conclusions -- Annex 1: Attrition -- Attrition at midline -- Attrition at endline -- Works cited
Summary
Given the success of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs elsewhere, in 2010 the Government of Tanzania rolled out a pilot CCT program in three districts. Its aim was to see if, using a model relying on communities to target beneficiaries and deliver payments, the program could improve outcomes for the poor the way centrally-run CCT programs have in other contexts. The program provided cash payments to poor households, but conditioned payments on complying with certain health and education requirements. Given scarce resources, the Government randomly selected 40 out of 80 eligible villages
