in cameroon the universal transfer policy in these conditions amounts to distributing about cfa francs in terms per year to each child aged to with a total budget equivalent to of beforecrisis gdp as for the targeted transfer programme it is also assumed that the transfer is given to the household head who ensures an equitable distribution among household members the poverty rates are only slightly higher in the universal transfer scenario if we consider children aged to a difference of to percentage points but is slightly lower in that scenario within the to year age group a difference of to percentage points