A comparison between different models of delivering maternal cash transfers in Myanmar.

ABSTRACT: As part of a randomized controlled trial conducted in Myanmar between 2016 and 2019, we explore the performance of a maternal cash transfer program across villages assigned to different models of delivery (by government health workers vs loan agents of a non-governmental organization) and identify key factors of success. Measures include enrolment inclusion and exclusion errors, failures in payment delivery to enrolled beneficiaries (whether beneficiaries received any transfer, fraction of benefits received and whether there were delays and underpayment of benefit amounts) and whether beneficiaries remained in the program beyond eligibility. We find that women in villages where government health workers delivered cash transfers received on average two additional monthly transfers, were 19.

SUBMITTER: Maffioli EM 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC11308607 | biostudies-literature | 2024 Aug

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature