A flagship programme under Government of Myanmar’s National Social Protection Strategic Plan, the Maternal and Child Cash Transfer (MCCT) programme aims at improving nutritional outcomes for mothers and children during the first critical 1,000 days of life, from conception to 24 months of age. In line with this, the MCCT programme empowers pregnant and lactating women with additional purchasing power to meet their basic needs, along with providing complementary awareness sessions on nutrition, health and hygiene.
We conducted a formative evaluation in Chin and Rakhine States of Myanmar to foster learning and improvement within the MCCT programme. Using the OECD DAC criteria, we generated reliable and credible evidence concerning the processes supporting the programme along with its design and implementation modalities. The evaluation also developed lessons learned (from the MCCT programme and other cash transfer interventions in the region) to strengthen the programme and to set the ground for scaling-up. The programme received an overall quality rating of “Highly Satisfactory” from the UNICEF’s Global Evaluation Reports Oversight System (GEROS).
