Objectives: Concern Worldwide implemented its Food and Cash Transfers project (‘FACT’) in three districts of central Malawi as a complementary humanitarian intervention during the food crisis of 2005/06. Though limited in scale (5,050 households) and duration (4 months), FACT was highly innovative and generated a range of positive impacts. Drawing on FACT monitoring surveys and qualitative fieldwork conducted immediately after FACT ended, this evaluation report reviews the design, implementation and impacts of the project on households, communities and markets, and draws lessons for Concern Worldwide and for wider social protection debates in Malawi and beyond.
