FSD Africa is a regional financial sector development programme established by the UK Department for International Development (DFID). FSD Africa aims to build and strengthen financial markets across Sub-Sahara Africa to provide financial services that are affordable and accessible to the poor and channel investment to the real economy to support growth in employment and incomes.

Under a sub-contract with Coffey International, RPA have been requested to assist with a cost-benefit analysis of the Harmonised Social Cash Transfer component of the Child Protection Fund, a multi-donor financed programme in Zimbabwe which was set up to deliver on Government of Zimbabwe policy and action planning (specifically, the National Action Plan for Orphans and Vulnerable Children II) on social service provision (particularly child protection) and social transfers to the poorest and most vulnerable.