A Vertical Expansion of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme in response to food crises
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The document outlines the operational trial and planning for a vertical expansion of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in response to food crises. It discusses strategic support, funding, implementation, and monitoring of shock-responsive social protection initiatives in Malawi from 2017 to 2019. Key considerations include system preparedness, cost-effectiveness, and addressing seasonal variations in poverty.
A Vertical Expansion of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme in response to food crises
- 1. 2017/18 Operational Trial A vertical expansion of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme (SCTP) in response to food crises Evidence on social protection in contexts of fragility and forced displacement Maren Platzmann UNICEF Malawi Florence, June 7-8, 2018
- 2. The social protection system is leveraged in response to crises and disasters Operational vision and coordination structure for shock-responsive social protection – Process management support Cost- and timeliness gains of shock- responsive social protection – Return on Investment model Addressing seasonal variations in poverty in core social protection programming – Modelling + study Vertical Expansion of the SCTP: System preparedness and testing – addressing humanitarian needs through SP – Operational trial GRM and MIS adapted to support scale-up – Bottleneck Analysis and relevant changes Horizontal expansion capacities of social protection programmes - Feasibility study MalawiNationalSocialsupportProgramme2017 –2022 Key programmes of the social protection system are made ready to scale-up in response to small- and medium-scale disasters 2017 - 2019: UNICEF support to shock-responsive social protection in Malawi What is the most suitable coordination structure for SRSP and how can we support the Government in addressing these? Is it cheaper and faster to use establisehd systems in response to crises? How can SP GRM deliver if and when the system is scaled up? How to pre-register households in shock-prone areas? How do we design SP programmes which account for regular seasonal variations in poverty? How to prepare the system to scale up vertically n response to food crises?
- 3. Seasonal adjustments to core social protection programming – complementarities with vertical expansion capacities
- 4. 2015 Exclusion errors at community level 2016 Automatic inclusion 2017 Policy decision review, systems preparedness, and trial design 2017/18 Vertical Expansion trial 2018 Documentation of Learning Operational Guidance Vertical Expansion of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Programme during food crises • 3,073 SCTP households living in drought affected areas; Who • 65% of food basket in line with humanitarian response (app. 18.5 USD / month); What • 1 district – IPC phase 3 or worse;Where • 4 months during the lean season (Dec. 2017 till March 2018); When • Strategic support from MoF and DoDMA; • Approved by HRC; • Funded by Irish Aid and DFID; • Implemented by Ministry of Gender; • Paid by bank during regular payments; • Tech. Support from UNICEF and WFP; • Monitoring by CARE hired by UNICEF; How Monitoring+Learning
- 5. Operational evidence gaps: Monitoring for evidence based furthering of shock-responsive social protection ? Market assessment and modality recommendati on for VE Systems Input Process Output Outcome Impact ? What is the right transfer value in relation to core SP ones? ? What technical support, and Gov. take-up is needed? ? Are we meeting short term humanit arian needs? ? What is defined as „better“ when advocating for shock- responsive social protection?