This research sought to assess the institutional performance of the
Government of Jamaica’s temporary cash transfer mechanism, the COVID-19
Allocation of Resources for Employees (CARE) Programme, which was introduced
in response to the economic and social shock occasioned by the COVID-19
pandemic. By largely drawing on thematically analysed qualitative secondary data
and a modified version of the “4Es” (economy, efficiency, effectiveness, and equity)
approach developed by the Department for International Development as a frame