Social Cash Transfer, SCT
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To address poverty and food insecurity while improving school enrolment
and attendance, and the health and nutrition status of beneficiaries.
Food and Agriculture Organization. 2014. The impacts of the Social Cash Transfer
programme on community dynamics in Malawi. Rome: FAO. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3997e.pdf>.
Start date
2006
Food and Agriculture Organization. 2014. The impacts of the Social Cash Transfer programme on community dynamics in Malawi. Rome: FAO. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3997e.pdf>.
Coverage
The programme was reaching 170,000 households in 18 districts by
December 2015, and is expected to cover 320,000 households by 2016.
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Proxy Means Test
Geographical Targeting
Community-Based Targeting
Targeted areas
By December 2015, 18 out of 28 districts (Mchinji, Likoma, Salima,
Machinga, Mangochi, Phalombe, Chitipa, Balaka, Thyolo, Nsanje,
Chikhwawa, Neno, Mwanza, Mulanje, Zomba, Mzimba, Dedza
and Nkhata Bay).
Target groups
Ultra-poor and labour-constrained households.
Food and Agriculture Organization. 2014. The impacts of the Social Cash Transfer
programme on community dynamics in Malawi. Rome: FAO. Accessed 11 November 2015.
<http://www.fao.org/3/a-i3997e.pdf>.
Eligibility criteria
Eligible households are ultra-poor and labour-constrained, with members
who are elderly, chronically ill, orphaned and/or have disabilities.
World Bank. 2013. International Development Association Project Appraisal Document on a
Proposed Credit in the amount of SDR21.4 Million (USD 32.80 Million Equivalent) to the Republic Of
Malawi for a Strengthening Safety Nets Systems Project – Fourth Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF
IV). Washington, DC: World Bank. Accessed 11 November 2015. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/
external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2013/12/02/
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits
Average of MWK4,500 per month (revised in May 2015)
Payment/delivery frequency
Monthly
