FIAVOTA Midline Report
This report provides results of an impact evaluation of the first phase of the Fiavota cash transfer programme for drought-affected households in southern Madagascar. In 2016, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) in partnership with the World Bank and Ministry of Population, Social Protection, and Support for Women (MPPSPF) started giving…, The El Niño weather phenomenon reduced rainfall in southern Madagascar to the point that the Malagasy government declared a state of emergency in September 2016. The South of Madagascar is one of the least developed places in the country; as such, the nutritional, agricultural, and educational development levels were low even before the drought.…, Programme, To address the severe food insecurity, UNICEF partnered with the World Bank to implement an emergency cash transfer to meet the basic needs of children and their families called Fiavota. The transfer was delivered in the five southern districts with the highest rates of malnutrition in Toliara Province. The programme targeted families with…, M A K I N G RES E ARC H R EL EV A N T AMERICAN INSTITUTES FOR RESEARCH | AIR.ORG Fiavota Phase 1 Emergency and Recovery Cash Transfer in Madagascar Midline Report NOVEMBER 2018 Mitchell Morey | David Seidenfeld Impact Evaluation of Fiavota Phase 1 Emergency and Recovery Cash Transfer in Madagascar Midline Report November 2018 Mitchell Morey,…