title: Cash transfers--do they work? A study of flexivouchers in Malawi.
abstract: Transferring resources to poor farmers in developing countries has often involved little choice on the part of the framer. In Malawi, the government gives a starter pack of seeds and fertilizers to poor farmers and this paper examines the consequences of giving a voucher of similar value, which can be exchanged for a variety of goods. The subsequent choices make sense in the real world of the farmer and suggest that cash transfers may be a more appropriate way of transferring resources and delivering aid to the poor.
authors.affiliation: harnett@webtribe.net
authors.forename: Paul
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Harnett
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture / Q000191:economics*; D003625:Data Collection; D003906:Developing Countries / Q000191:economics* / Q000706:statistics & numerical data; D004467:Economics / Q000706:statistics & numerical data* / Q000639:trends; D006801:Humans; D007182:Income; D007391:International Cooperation; D009111:Local Government; D008295:Malawi; D011057:Politics; D011203:Poverty; D012959:Socioeconomic Factors; D011795:Surveys and Questionnaires