India's Children

Kumar, A. K Shiva; Rustagi, Preet; Subrahmanian, Ramya

doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199455287.001.0001

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“…Weaknesses in negotiation and coordination with banks and insurance companies have caused delays in the disbursement of benefits and in some cases the discontinuation of schemes (Sekher & Ram, 2015). Financial security is particularly critical for schemes that provide a terminal benefit that matures when a girl reaches adulthood (Sekher, 2015). There have also been instances of bank managers refusing to open the agreed zero-balance accounts into which the cash transfers will be paid (Brahme & Kumar, 2015;Sekher & Ram, 2015).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Monitoring and accountability mechanisms. Several studies find that these are a general weakness in CCT programming in South Asia (Endow et al, 2015;Sekher, 2015;Jain & Mittal, 2018;. Mechanisms for monitoring and evaluation, and for ensuring accountability, should be integrated in programme design (Schjødt, 2017;Sekher, 2010).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Longitudinal surveys are needed to capture the medium and longterm impacts of interventions after girls reach adulthood (Chant et al, 2017). There is scope for greater involvement of civil society groups and local-level networks in monitoring and accountability processes (Sekher, 2015;Bhargava & Rava, 2015;Rohwerder, 2016).…”

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confidence: 99%

“…Those who certify conditionalities (often education or health officials) may be from other parts of government than those who administer CCT schemes and make payments (Brahme & Kumar, 2015). Similarly, those involved in registering beneficiaries depend on timely action by those issuing personal documentation, such as birth certificates (Sekher, 2015). Some cash transfer schemes may have multiple components linked with different government services, or function at different levels of government.…”

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“…Most of the CCT schemes that are the focus of this report lack proper monitoring mechanisms, and most have no baseline survey. Monitoring is carried out by the implementing departments through their routine processes, such as monthly meetings with frontline workers or discussions with local leaders (Endow et al, 2015;Sekher, 2015;Sekher & Ram, 2015), although there is a growing trend towards using digital platforms (Jain & Mittal, 2018). Systematic monitoring and evaluation is an urgent unmet need (Sekher, 2015).…”

Section: Monitoring and Accountabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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Financial Incentives to Reduce Female Infanticide, Child Marriage and Promote Girl’s Education: Institutional and Monitoring Mechanisms

Birch¹

2020

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The focus of this paper is on the complementary mechanisms and interventions likely to increase the effectiveness and impact of conditional cash transfer (CCT) schemes in South Asia that aim to reduce female infanticide and child marriage and promote girls’ education. The literature on the institutional aspects of these particular schemes is limited, but from this and from the wider literature on CCT programmes in similar contexts, the following institutional mechanisms are likely to enhance success: a strong information and communication strategy that enhances programme reach and coverage and ensures stakeholder awareness; advance agreements with financial institutions; a simple and flexible registration process; appropriate use of technology to strengthen access, disbursement, and oversight; adequate implementation capacity to support processes of outreach, enrolment, and monitoring; monitoring and accountability mechanisms embedded in programme design; coordination mechanisms across government across social protection schemes; an effective management information system; and the provision of quality services in the sectors for which conditions are required. There is a very limited body of evidence that explores these institutional issues as they apply to the specific CCT programmes that are the focus of this report, however, there is more available evidence of the potential impact of ‘cash-plus’ programmes, which complement the transfers with other interventions designed to enhance their results or address the structural barriers to well-being

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Section: Institutional Mechanisms That Support Cctsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Institutional Mechanisms That Support Cctsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Institutional Mechanisms That Support Cctsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Institutional Mechanisms That Support Cctsmentioning

confidence: 99%

Section: Monitoring and Accountabilitymentioning

confidence: 99%

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