This working paper examines a conditional cash transfer programme in Sindh, Pakistan, to understand how economic and non-economic costs affect healthcare.
Although there is still a lot more to be done, improving mother and child health indicators is still an integral goal for developing nations. However, this development is disrupted by a number of factors and there is little evidence on how these economic and non-economic costs interact to affect healthcare. This paper seeks to address these issues in context of a conditional cash transfer program in Sindh, Pakistan. On the demand side alone, the economic costs of receiving healthcare frequently coexist with conservative socio-cultural norms, making it difficult for many policy initiatives to achieve the desired improvement.
Furthermore, our study participants’ exposure to the 2022 floods offers us a natural experiment to assess the efficacy of a CCT program during and after a significant natural disaster, with a focus on the length of time and trimester (of pregnancy) of exposure.
