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Towards greater poverty reduction in Zambia: Simulating potential Cash Plus reforms using MicroZAMOD

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  • Katrin Gasior
  • David McLennan
  • Mbewe Kalikeka
  • Miselo Bwalya
  • Maria Jouste

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A large share of the population in Zambia is living below the national poverty line. To reduce poverty, in 2019, the government initiated the Cash Plus reform, which aims to build on the existing Social Cash Transfer as a floor benefit with additional benefits to take account of the multidimensionality of poverty. We use the tax-benefit microsimulation model MicroZAMOD to analyse the coverage and poverty impact of the current social protection system and to assess the extent to which potential Cash Plus reform scenarios can improve the status quo.

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  • Katrin Gasior & David McLennan & Mbewe Kalikeka & Miselo Bwalya & Maria Jouste, 2021. "Towards greater poverty reduction in Zambia: Simulating potential Cash Plus reforms using MicroZAMOD," WIDER Working Paper Series wp-2021-164, World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER).
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    Poverty; Zambia; Social protection; Tax-benefit microsimulation; Tax-benefit policy;
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