Impact of Cash Transfer on Poverty Reduction in Lindi District, Tanzania
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چکیده
Cash Transfers (CT) as a strategy for poverty reduction acquired prominence in Latin America but spread later to the rest of developing world including Tanzania. Government through its umbrella institution, Tanzania Social Action Fund (TASAF) introduced what has become largest CT poor households country since 2010 date. Although there is growing evidence on impact reduction, results are contextual. Thus, paper examined causal effect Lindi District, Specifically, study assessed households’ overall wealth, housing conditions, use basic services, productive and non-productive assets. The employed Propensity Score Matching (PSM) estimate effects by matching recipients non-recipients’ using Nearest Neighbor, Radius caliper Mahalanobis techniques. Sample size constituted 398 respondents, split into equal number households. Five Focus Group Discussions (FGDs) 13 Key Informants Interviews (KIIs) were conducted. Qualitative data was analysed content analysis. Findings indicated that itself not enough significantly reduce extreme poverty. However, significant five indicators which type floor, sanitation facilities, livestock, mobile phone chair. recommends government adoption multi-intervention programs directed key living standard such assets transform quality low-income
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عنوان ژورنال: East African Journal of Education and Social Sciences
سال: 2022
ISSN: ['2714-2132', '2714-2183']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.46606/eajess2022v03i05.0220