UNICEF Urban QUIP Report and Brief

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. Please refer to the attached brief and report links for more information.