Qualitative Study of the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Urban Zambia
Transfer Project
Highlights
The Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme in Zambia is the country’s largest and most important poverty-targeted social protection intervention. Established with the main objective of reducing extreme poverty and the intergenerational transfer of poverty, it targets five categories of vulnerable households and provides cash payments bi-monthly. The programme was initially implemented in rural areas, but was expanded into urban areas in 2016 using the same programme features. A qualitative study, based on interviews with 96 cash transfer recipients, assessed the main changes experienced by beneficiary households in urban, peri-urban and rural areas as a result of their participation in the programme. This study assessed the effectiveness of the programme and opportunities for adaptation in urban areas.
Suggested citations:
Storchi, Silvia, et al, Qualitative Study of the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Urban Zambia, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, Florence, March 2025.
Storchi, Silvia, et al, Qualitative Study of the Social Cash Transfer Programme in Urban Zambia, Research brief, UNICEF Innocenti – Global Office of Research and Foresight, Florence, March 2025.
