Cash Transfer for Health, Nutrition and Education

2013

Cash transfers for nutrition are expected to be spent by the households on nutrition, particularly for children. Therefore, if after the third transfer the children’s health status shows no improvement due to wilful neglect, the grant is suspended. Reintegration into the programme after suspension is possible if the children show improvement in their weight-to-height measurement. Cash transfers for health are conditional upon children’s health being regularly checked (once per quarter) at health centres for children under six years of age. Cash transfer for education requires 90 per cent school attendance for children aged 7–14.

10,000 beneficiaries (estimated in 2012)

USD4.5 million (2012)

The cash transfer programme has been implemented in 4 prefectures, 16 sub-prefectures and 75 villages. Prefectures were selected based on high child malnutrition rates and low school attendance rates. An agreement between the government of Guinea and the World Food Programme (WFP) has been signed for the implementation of the programme. Fifty-four schools benefit from this in the following prefectures: Mali, Pita, Telimele, Siguiri and Kerouane.

Children below the age of 14

Cash transfer for nutrition: potential beneficiary households must be poor (as confirmed by a poverty survey and based on durable asset ownership to approximate revenue) and care for children (aged 0–24 months) who suffer from chronic malnutrition and have a -2 standard deviation in the age-to-height indicator. Cash transfer for health and education: beneficiary households are poor (as confirmed by a poverty survey and based on durable asset ownership to approximate revenue conducted by the National Institute for Statistics). Beneficiaries are all children aged 0–14 in selected households. Children aged 7–14 must be girls enrolled in primary school, who also demonstrate 90 per cent school attendance.

Cash

Cash transfer for nutrition: households in the beneficiary group are randomly selected to receive different amounts (USD7, USD14, or USD21) per child per month (up to two children per household). Cash transfer for health and education: households in the beneficiary group are randomly selected to receive different amounts (USD10, USD20) per child under the age of 14.

Cash transfer for nutrition: bi-monthly Cash transfer for health and education: quarterly

Cash transfer for nutrition (maximum): 2 years Cash transfer for health and education (maximum): 2 years

The Safety Net Unit—Cellule Filets Sociaux (CFS)—and its monitoring and evaluation specialist are responsible for coordinating the monitoring and evaluation activities and impact evaluation.