Maxton Tsoka
Dados Biográficos
| ID | 2279847 |
|---|---|
| NOME | Maxton Tsoka |
| PRENOMES | Maxton |
| SOBRENOME | Tsoka |
| ASSINATURA | TSOKA M |
| AFILIAÇÕES | University of Malawi |
| ORCID | 0000-0001-9247-6337 |
| VERIFICADO | Sim |
| TOTAL DE OBRAS | 9 |
| TOTAL DE CITAÇÕES | 52 |
| TOTAL COMO AUTOR | 9 |
| TOTAL COMO EDITOR | 0 |
| PRIMEIRO ANO DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2010 |
| ANO MAIS RECENTE DE PUBLICAÇÃO | 2026 |
| ÍNDICE H | 5 |
Exploring relationship pathways to prevent intimate partner violence among young women in Malawi
International estimates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescents and young women are high, indicating the need to address IPV prevention early in life. Structural economic interventions, such as household cash transfer programmes, have the potential to improve the wellbeing of youth who are not the direct recipients of the transfers themselves. However, few studies have addressed this topic in terms of youth romantic and/or sexual rel…
The timing of the unconditional cash transfers and human capital accumulation
Unconditional Cash Transfers (UCTs) are effective policy instruments to increase schooling outcomes, but are UCTs effective in the long term? This paper provides the first evidence on the long-term schooling impacts of a national cash transfer program in Africa. Specifically, we follow a panel of school-aged children in the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) in three waves (2013-baseline, 2015-endline, and 2021-follow-up) and compare thei…
Political economy analysis of subnational health management in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda
The need to bolster primary health care (PHC) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for health is well recognized. In Eastern and Southern Africa, where governments have progressively decentralized health decision-making, health management is critical to PHC performance. While investments in health management capacity are important, so is improving the environment in which managers operate. Governance arrangements, management …
Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi
As national social safety nets are expanding in Africa and globally, evidence on the impact of programs on youth transitions can help guide future investment and program design decisions. This paper examines the effects of Malawi’s flagship cash transfer program on safe transitions to adulthood among youth living in households experiencing ultra-poverty. The evaluation was a cluster-randomized control trial implemented over three years using pane…
Paying for Happiness
This study analyzes the short-term impact of an exogenous, positive income shock on caregivers' subjective well-being (SWB) in Malawi using panel data from 3,365 households targeted to receive Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Program that provides unconditional cash to ultra-poor, labor-constrained households. The study consists of a cluster-randomized, longitudinal design. After the baseline survey, half of these village clusters were randomly sele…
Impacts of the Malawi social cash transfer program on household food and nutrition security
Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi
Interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty with the Malawi Social Cash Transfer
Cash transfer programs throughout the world were designed within a Social Protection framework to alleviate poverty in the short term and to interrupt the long-term intergenerational cycle of poverty. In this study, we examine the potential of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme (SCTS) to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty in ultra-poor and labor-constrained households in Malawi. Using qualitative data from 16 focus groups with 1…
The impact of the Social Cash Transfer Scheme on food security in Malawi
The impact of the Social Cash Transfer Scheme on food security in Malawi
Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi
Paying for Happiness
This study analyzes the short-term impact of an exogenous, positive income shock on caregivers' subjective well-being (SWB) in Malawi using panel data from 3,365 households targeted to receive Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Program that provides unconditional cash to ultra-poor, labor-constrained households. The study consists of a cluster-randomized, longitudinal design. After the baseline survey, half of these village clusters were randomly sele…
Impacts of the Malawi social cash transfer program on household food and nutrition security
Interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty with the Malawi Social Cash Transfer
Cash transfer programs throughout the world were designed within a Social Protection framework to alleviate poverty in the short term and to interrupt the long-term intergenerational cycle of poverty. In this study, we examine the potential of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme (SCTS) to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty in ultra-poor and labor-constrained households in Malawi. Using qualitative data from 16 focus groups with 1…
Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi
As national social safety nets are expanding in Africa and globally, evidence on the impact of programs on youth transitions can help guide future investment and program design decisions. This paper examines the effects of Malawi’s flagship cash transfer program on safe transitions to adulthood among youth living in households experiencing ultra-poverty. The evaluation was a cluster-randomized control trial implemented over three years using pane…
Interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty with the Malawi Social Cash Transfer
Cash transfer programs throughout the world were designed within a Social Protection framework to alleviate poverty in the short term and to interrupt the long-term intergenerational cycle of poverty. In this study, we examine the potential of the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Scheme (SCTS) to interrupt the intergenerational cycle of poverty in ultra-poor and labor-constrained households in Malawi. Using qualitative data from 16 focus groups with 1…
The impact of the Social Cash Transfer Scheme on food security in Malawi
Social networks, social participation, and health among youth living in extreme poverty in rural Malawi
Impacts of the Malawi social cash transfer program on household food and nutrition security
Paying for Happiness
This study analyzes the short-term impact of an exogenous, positive income shock on caregivers' subjective well-being (SWB) in Malawi using panel data from 3,365 households targeted to receive Malawi's Social Cash Transfer Program that provides unconditional cash to ultra-poor, labor-constrained households. The study consists of a cluster-randomized, longitudinal design. After the baseline survey, half of these village clusters were randomly sele…
Political economy analysis of subnational health management in Kenya, Malawi and Uganda
The need to bolster primary health care (PHC) to achieve the Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) targets for health is well recognized. In Eastern and Southern Africa, where governments have progressively decentralized health decision-making, health management is critical to PHC performance. While investments in health management capacity are important, so is improving the environment in which managers operate. Governance arrangements, management …
Unconditional cash transfers and safe transitions to adulthood in Malawi
As national social safety nets are expanding in Africa and globally, evidence on the impact of programs on youth transitions can help guide future investment and program design decisions. This paper examines the effects of Malawi’s flagship cash transfer program on safe transitions to adulthood among youth living in households experiencing ultra-poverty. The evaluation was a cluster-randomized control trial implemented over three years using pane…
The timing of the unconditional cash transfers and human capital accumulation
Unconditional Cash Transfers (UCTs) are effective policy instruments to increase schooling outcomes, but are UCTs effective in the long term? This paper provides the first evidence on the long-term schooling impacts of a national cash transfer program in Africa. Specifically, we follow a panel of school-aged children in the Malawi Social Cash Transfer Program (SCTP) in three waves (2013-baseline, 2015-endline, and 2021-follow-up) and compare thei…
Exploring relationship pathways to prevent intimate partner violence among young women in Malawi
International estimates of intimate partner violence (IPV) among adolescents and young women are high, indicating the need to address IPV prevention early in life. Structural economic interventions, such as household cash transfer programmes, have the potential to improve the wellbeing of youth who are not the direct recipients of the transfers themselves. However, few studies have addressed this topic in terms of youth romantic and/or sexual rel…
Economic growth (7 obras) · Economics (7 obras) · Business (6 obras) · Cash transfers (6 obras) · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare (6 obras) · Cash (4 obras) · Child Nutrition and Water Access (4 obras) · Finance (4 obras) · Political science (4 obras) · Poverty (4 obras)