Cash Transfers, Gender and Generational Relations: Evidence from a Pilot Project in Lesotho

Author(s)

Slater, R and Mphale, M

Publication language

English

Pages

32pp

Date published

01 May 2008

Type

Research, reports and studies

Keywords

Cash-based transfers (CBT), Food and nutrition, Food aid, Gender

Countries

Lesotho

Organisations

In September and October 2007, ODI contributed to an

assessment of the feasibility of a cash transfer project and the

design of the project (Levine, 2007; Bailey, 2007). As part of a

second phase of collaboration between World Vision and ODI

around the wider issue of World Vision’s global engagement

with cash transfer programming, ODI has conducted action

research focussing on the particular issue of gender in relation

to the Lesotho pilot.

This report analyses findings from field research in Maseru

and Mohale’s Hoek districts in Lesotho. The objective of the

research was to explore the gender issues emerging from the

implementation of cash transfer programmes. The report

begins by identifying key research questions and developing a

conceptual and methodological framework to guide the

research process. The framework draws on existing literature

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