Summary of recommendations Sarah Levy Calibre Consultants

Type of transfer In-kind (maize flour only) + cash to provide other foods and basic needs Avoid vouchers: –Less positive impact on well-being than cash –Costly and complicated to administer –Not enough retailer capacity in rural areas –Introduces market & price distortions

Type of committee Beneficiary/carer committees To improve efficiency: –Greater emphasis on carers –Include people who are literate –Provide some external support

Supervision & control system Closely monitored villages did better than hands-off during the pilot When scaling up, we should: Include random, unannounced spot checks on receipt of benefit Give prominence and visibility to the supervision & control system –Findings of spot-checks should be made public at the distribution points

Flexibility Number of beneficiaries should increase in times of crisis: –% of beneficiary households selected should be allowed to rise if crisis forecast Amount of benefit should fluctuate to: –reflect cost of food & other basic needs –be enough to last for whole month

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