UK should use more cash transfers and manage them better, say MPs

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UK should use more cash transfers and manage them better, say MPs

The Department for International Development needs to increase aid programmes to transfer cash, food and livestock to the poor, according to a parliamentary committeeThe Department for International Development (DfID) lacks an overarching strategy for the use of transfer programmes to deliver cash, food and livestock to the poor, a parliamentary committee report said on Friday. In a generally positive report, the public accounts committee (PAC) expressed surprise that the use of transfer programmes has not increased more in light of the evidence of positive outcomes.