Council for Agricultural and Rural Development (CARD), Cambodia supported by UNICEF, designed a pilot cash transfer project in 2013 targeting pregnant women and children under-five living in poverty to improve maternal health, nutrition and increase human capital development.
We undertook a formative evaluation to assess the results and foster learning to improve the cash transfer mechanism. The evaluation assessed programme design, effectiveness, and quality of implementation. The evaluation also examined women’s preferences and levels of satisfaction with the programme. Our approach aimed at promoting adaptive programming and adjusting the programme design and implementation mechanisms to effectively achieve results. A cost effectiveness analysis of the pilot was also undertaken to benchmark it against other cash transfer interventions in Cambodia, such as those implemented by the World Bank and Save the Children. The assignment was rated “Highly Satisfactory” by the UNICEF’s Global Evaluation Reports Oversight System (GEROS). The evaluation was awarded the first prize under the Credibility category in the IDEAS Evaluation for Transformational Change Award 2019.
