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On the 22nd of December 2020, USAID, in partnership with King Philanthropies and private donors, launched a direct cash-transfer program with “
NO” condition to support vulnerable Liberians in few of the selected counties where it does most of its development work in Liberia. During the launch, the US Embassy Charge’ d’affairs, Alyson Grunder pointed out that USAID Unconditional Cash-Transfer can be “a powerful poverty reduction tool having impact not only on the situations of individuals but supporting multiplier effects to families and households, reducing community burdens, and supporting small scale enterprises and agriculture.
But what do we know about cash transfer programs? And where was it implemented before? What is known as Conditional Cash Transfer or Unconditional Cash Transfer?
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In an effort to mitigate the effects of the global pandemic, at least 85,000 Petty Traders, including Market women, are expected to benefit from a COVID Cash Transfer Program in Liberia.
Launched by the Government of Liberia on December 19, 2020, in collaboration with USAID, the COVID cash transfer of US$150 will be disbursed to the most vulnerable in the Liberian society in three installments in an effort to cushion the effects of the global pandemic.
Finance Minister Samuel Tweah told participants during a virtual conference meant to launch the program that, in the Pro-poor Agenda for Prosperity and Development (PAPD), the government looks at social protection as a valuable investment, particularly in vulnerable rural settings. Minister Tweah said in the last few years, resources that have been dedicated to social protection programs have been on the low side, which he said the Weah administration wants to scale up.
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Eighty-Five Thousand Vulnerable Liberians to Benefit from USAID Unconditional Cash Transfer Activity
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MONROVIA – The United States Agency for International Development, in partnership with King Philanthropies and private donors, has launched a cash-transfer program, which will provide direct cash support to vulnerable Liberians.
The newly launched USAID Unconditional Cash Transfer Activity (UCT) will provide 85,000 Liberians the equivalent of US$50 in Liberian currency (approximately 7,750 Liberian Dollars) per month for three months to improve food security, start or expand income-generating activities, and protect their livelihoods.
Targeted beneficiaries include Liberians disproportionately affected by the economic impact of the COVID-19 pandemic as well as those previously affected by the Ebola epidemic. The focus of the distributions will be owners of micro and smal
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