TITLE:
Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer on Human Capital Investment in Sumbawanga Municipality, Tanzania
AUTHORS:
Mariam David Kisiwa, Omary Magasha, Rogers A. Lumenyela, Tumaini Allan
KEYWORDS:
Conditional Cash Transfer, Poverty, Human Capital Investment, Propensity Score Matching
JOURNAL NAME:
Open Journal of Social Sciences,
Vol.11 No.2,
February
15,
2023
ABSTRACT: The purpose of this paper was to assess the
effect of Conditional Cash Transfers
(CCT) on human capital development especially in access to health services and
education in Sumbawanga Municipality, Tanzania. The study adopted a cross-sectional research design whereby data used were
collected through household survey with a sample of 450 poor households. Data
were analyzed by using Propensity Score Matching in STATA 14. The study
findings show that on average conditional cash transfer programme improves human capital investment by increasing access to
health services by 70 percent and increasing school attendance by 32 days in a
year. Cash given was used to pay for medical care and buy school requirements
for their children hence improving school attendance and the health status of
members of the household. The CCT programme is crucial for human capital
development for the poor households and the government and other stakeholders should work together
with the CCT programme to continue to improve
education and access to health services. In Tanzania, evaluation of CCT programme
has been largely used descriptive statistics and OLS regressions ending with
biased results. The paper applied PSM to handle biasness of research results to
confirm the impact of CCT on human capital development, the approach which was
not applied before.