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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?