Policy Brief - Country Series: The Broad Range of Impacts of the Child Grant Programme in Lesotho

Policy Brief

• From: Foreign, Commonwealth & Development Office
• Published: 1 January 2014

• Country: Lesotho
• Document Type: Briefing
• Theme: Economic Growth
• Authors: FAO

Abstract

The Lesotho Child Grants Programme (CGP) is an unconditional social cash transfer targeted to poor and vulnerable households. The objective of the CGP is to improve the living standards of Orphans and Vulnerable Children (OVC) so as to reduce malnutrition, improve health status, and increase school enrolment among OVC. Households are selected through a combination of proxy means testing and community validation and registered in the National Information System for Social Assistance (NISSA).

Citation

FAO. Policy Brief - Country Series: The Broad Range of Impacts of the Child Grant Programme in Lesotho. Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, Rome, Italy (2014) 4 pp.

Links

• Country Series: The Broad Range of Impacts of the Child Grant Programme in Lesotho (PDF, 685KB)

Published 1 January 2014