The impact of cash transfers on household welfare in Namibia

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dc.contributor.authorLevine S.
dc.contributor.authorvan der Berg S.
dc.contributor.authorYu D.
dc.date.accessioned2011-05-15T16:01:30Z
dc.date.available2011-05-15T16:01:30Z
dc.date.issued2011
dc.description.abstractNamibia has a long history of providing a universal and non-contributory old age pension, child grants using means testing and quasi-conditionalities, and other cash transfers. Multivariate analysis presented in this paper confirms that these transfers play an important role in alleviating poverty, especially for the very poor. The poverty-reducing effects of the child grants are likely to increase further as access is being rapidly expanded. However, the impact in terms of reducing Namibia's extremely high inequality is limited. The targeting of the cash transfers towards the poorest groups takes place through two main channels. For the child grant, targeting occurs as a result of the orphan status eligibility criteria, as orphans are over-represented in lowerincome households. For the universal social pension, it appears that some of the relatively less poor do not receive it even if they are eligible. Means testing of child grants appears ineffective, even without considering administrative costs. ©2011 Development Bank of Southern Africa.
dc.description.versionArticle
dc.identifier.citationDevelopment Southern Africa
dc.identifier.citation28
dc.identifier.citation1
dc.identifier.issn0376835X
dc.identifier.other10.1080/0376835X.2011.545169
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/12013
dc.subjectchild welfare
dc.subjectdisability
dc.subjectelderly population
dc.subjectorphan
dc.subjectpension system
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.subjectwelfare impact
dc.subjectwelfare provision
dc.subjectNamibia
dc.titleThe impact of cash transfers on household welfare in Namibia
dc.typeArticle
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