Motivation: Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have rapidly expanded cash transfer programmes as part of their social protection strategy over the last decade. Currently 46 countries have a state-sponsored social protection programme, compared to just 25 countries in 2005, and the most common type of programmes are cash transfers, representing 51% of all social protection spending in the region.
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