Table 1.
Characteristics of included studies/nature of CT programs
| Country | Program | Type of CT | CT design | Study references | Study design |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burkina Faso | Nahouri Cash Transfers Pilot Project (NCTPP) | CCT/UCT | Small scale | Akresh et al. (2012) | cRCT |
| Akresh et al. (2013) | |||||
| Akresh et al. (2016) | |||||
| DR Congo | Mother-to-child HIV Transmission (PMTCT) Study | CCT | Small scale | Yotebieng et al. (2016) | RCT |
| Ghana | Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) | CCT/UCT | Large scale | Handa et al. (2014b) | QE |
| de Groot et al. (2015) | |||||
| Mochiah et al. (2014) | |||||
| Tiwari et al. (2016a) | |||||
| OPM (2013a) | Qualitative | ||||
| Roelen et al. (2015) | |||||
| Oduro (2015) | |||||
| Owusu-Addo (2016) | |||||
| Kenya | Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children Program (CT-OVC) | UCT | Large scale | Ward et al. (2010) | cRCT |
| The Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team (2012a) | |||||
| The Kenya CT-OVC Evaluation Team (2012b) | |||||
| Asfaw et al. (2014) | cRCT | ||||
| Handa et al. (2014a) | |||||
| Kilburn et al. (2016a) | |||||
| Handa et al. (2016c) | |||||
| Handa et al. (2015) | |||||
| Tiwari et al. (2016b) | |||||
| Onyango-Ouma and Samuels (2012) | Qualitative | ||||
| Jones and Samuels (2015) | |||||
| OPM (2014a) | |||||
| Kenya | Hunger Safety Net Program (HSNP) | UCT | Large scale | Merttens et al. (2013) | cRCT |
| Lesotho | Child Grant Program (CGP) | UCT | Large scale | Pellerano et al. (2014) | cRCT |
| Tiwari et al. (2016c) | |||||
| Daidone et al. (2014b) | |||||
| OPM (2014b) | Qualitative | ||||
| Malawi | Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) | UCT | Large scale | Miller et al. (2011) | cRCT |
| Miller and Tsoka (2012a) | |||||
| Covarrubias et al. (2012) | |||||
| Luseno (2012) | |||||
| Luseno et al. (2014) | |||||
| Malawi SCTP Evaluation Team (2015) | cRCT | ||||
| Kilburn et al. (2016b) | |||||
| Miller et al. (2010) | Qualitative | ||||
| Miller and Tsoka (2012b) | |||||
| OPM (2014c) | |||||
| Malawi | The Zomba Cash Transfer Program (ZCTP) | CCT/UCT | Small scale | Baird et al. (2010, 2011, 2012, 2013b, c, 2015) | cRCT |
| Malawi | Sexual Health Incentive Study (SHIS) | CCT | Small scale | Kohler and Thornton (2012) | cRCT |
| Thornton (2008) | cRCT | ||||
| Mozambique | Basic Social Subsidy Program (BSSP) | UCT | Large scale | Selvester et al. (2012) | Qualitative |
| Niger | A Prospective Nutrition Intervention Study (NIS) | CCT/UCT | Small scale | Langendorf et al. (2014) | RCT |
| Nigeria | Cash Transfer Pilot Programme (CCT Pilot) | CCT | Small scale | Okoli et al. (2014) | QE |
| South Africa | Child Support Grant (CSG) & Foster Child Grant (FCG) | UCT | Large scale | Cluver et al. (2013) | QE |
| Eyal and Woolard (2014) | QE | ||||
| Heinrich et al. (2017) | QE | ||||
| DSD et al. (2011) | Qualitative | ||||
| Plagerson et al. (2012) | |||||
| Zembe-Mkabile et al. (2015) | |||||
| Adato et al. (2016) | |||||
| Plagerson et al. (2011) | |||||
| South Africa | HIV Prevention Trials Network (HPTN) | CCT | Small scale | Pettifor et al. (2016) | RCT |
| Tanzania | Tanzania Social Action Fund (TSAF) | CCT | Large scale | Evans et al. (2014) | cRCT |
| Tanzania | Rewarding Sexually Transmitted Infection Prevention and Control in Tanzania (RESPECT) | CCT | Small scale | de Walque (2014) | cRCT |
| Uganda | World Food Program (WFP) Karamoja Cash Transfer Pilot | CCT | Small scale | Gilligan et al. (2013) | cRCT |
| SAGE (Uganda) | Social Assistance Grants for Empowerment (SAGE) | UCT | Large scale | Merttens et al. (2016) | QE |
| Bukuluki and Watson (2012) | Qualitative | ||||
| Uganda | Antenatal Care Utilisation Study (ACUS) | CCT | Small scale | Kahn et al. (2015) | cRCT |
| Zambia | Child Grant Program (CGP) | UCT | Large scale | Daidone et al. (2014a), AIR (2015b), Handa et al. (2015, 2016a, e), Tiwari et al. (2016d), Natali et al. (2016), Bonilla et al. (2016) | cRCT |
| Zambia | Multiple Category Targeting Grant (MCTG) | UCT | Large scale | Handa et al. (2016a) | cRCT |
| AIR (2015a) | |||||
| Zambia | Monze Cash Transfer (MCT) | UCT | Small scale | Seidenfeld and Handa (2011) | QE |
| Zimbabwe | Community-led Cash Transfer Program (CCTP) | CCT/UCT | Small scale | Robertson et al. (2013) | cRCT |
| Fenton et al. (2016) | |||||
| Skovdal et al. (2013) | Qualitative | ||||
| Zimbabwe | Harmonised Social Cash Transfer (HSCT) | UCT | Large scale | AIR (2014) | QE |
| Bhalla et al. (2016) | |||||
| OPM (2013b) | Qualitative |