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Evaluation of FCDO’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer in Kenya, Research Summary
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Michele Binci, Alexandra Doyle, Clare Gardner, Martina Garcia Aisa, Shafique Arif, Lucy Scott, Fred Merttens -
This report summarizes an Oxford Policy Management evaluation of a digital cash transfer administered in Kenya under the Hunger Safety Net Program beginning in October of 2020. Using survey data, the study probed the effectiveness of remote targeting, text message communication, mobile payments through M-PESA, and complaint resolution. Their findings stress the need for prior preparation in using social protection to respond to shocks.
Volume 1: Evaluation of FCDO’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer in Kenya
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Michele Binci, Alexandra Doyle, Clare Gardner, Martina Garcia Aisa, Shafique Arif, Lucy Scott, Fred Merttens
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This report provides a comprehensive evaluation of a digital cash transfer administered in Kenya under the Hunger Safety Net Program beginning in October of 2020. Using survey data, Oxford Policy Management probed the effectiveness of remote targeting, text message communication, mobile payments through M-PESA, and complaint resolution. Their findings stress the need for prior preparation in using social protection to respond to shocks.
Volume 2: Evaluation of FCDO’s COVID-19 Cash Transfer in Kenya, Technical Annexes
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Michele Binci, Alexandra Doyle, Clare Gardner, Martina Garcia Aisa, Shafique Arif, Lucy Scott, Fred Merttens
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This report provides the technical annexes of Oxford Policy Management’s evaluation of a digital cash transfer administered under the Hunger Safety Net Program in Kenya. Using survey data, the study probed the effectiveness of remote targeting, text message communication, mobile payments through M-PESA, and complaint resolution. Their findings stress the need for prior preparation in using social protection to respond to shocks.
The Long-Term Effects of Access to Mobile Money in Kenya
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Tavneet Suri, William Jack
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M-PESA allows users to send and receive money through SMS messages. This IPA summary outlines one of the first studies examining the long-term effect access to M-PESA has on individuals, finding that in areas where M-PESA became more accessible, women were more likely to switch from farming to business occupations and to save more. It estimates that 185,000 women changed occupations, and 194,000 households, primarily female-headed households, were lifted above...
Towards Shock-Responsive Social Protection: Lessons from the COVID-19 Response in Kenya
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Maintains
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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic caused countries throughout the world to adapt their social protection systems to a radically new environment. This Maintains report uses literature reviews and informant interviews to document the social protection response in Kenya, evaluating it in terms of its adequacy, coverage, and comprehensiveness. As of its writing, the government of Kenya was expected to deliver social protection to over 700,000 households as part of...
The Future of Government-to-Person (G2P) Payments: Innovating for Customer Choice in Kenya
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Claudia McKay, Gcinisizwe Mdluli, Milkah Chebii, Victor Malu
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This case study examines how the Inua Jamii program, a program of the Ministry of Labour and Social Protection, gradually introduced payments digitization, then choice to design a program that has successfully scaled to reach the most vulnerable groups in Kenya.
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