The Social and Political Potential
of Cash Transfers
Cash Transfers, for all their notable successes, have been criticised for their limited ability to move poor households to provide sustainable routes out of poverty. This book draws on original qualitative research by leading scholars and development policy experts from a range of disciplines to examine whether cash transfers can have transformative spillover effects on individuals, households and communities. With chapters on Psycho-Social Wellbeing, Social Accountability and Social Capital, this book casts new light on the ongoing debates over the significance of the Cash Transfer revolution.
This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Development Studies.
Maxine Molyneux is Professor of Sociology at University College London, UK.
Nicola Jones is a political scientist and Principal Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, UK, where she also directs the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme.
Fiona Samuels is a social anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow in the Social Development Programme at the Overseas Development Institute, UK.
The Social and Political Potential
of Cash Transfers
Cash Transfers, for all their notable successes, have been criticised for their limited ability to move poor households to provide sustainable routes out of poverty. This book draws on original qualitative research by leading scholars and development policy experts from a range of disciplines to examine whether cash transfers can have transformative spillover effects on individuals, households and communities. With chapters on Psycho-Social Wellbeing, Social Accountability and Social Capital, this book casts new light on the ongoing debates over the significance of the Cash Transfer revolution.
This book was originally published as a special issue of The Journal of Development Studies.
Maxine Molyneux is Professor of Sociology at University College London, UK.
Nicola Jones is a political scientist and Principal Research Fellow at the Overseas Development Institute, UK, where she also directs the Gender and Adolescence: Global Evidence (GAGE) programme.
Fiona Samuels is a social anthropologist and Senior Research Fellow in the Social Development Programme at the Overseas Development Institute, UK.
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Contents
Citation Information
The chapters in this book were originally published in The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016). When citing this material, please use the original page numbering for each article, as follows:
Chapter 1
Can Cash Transfer Programmes Have Transformative Effects?
Maxine Molyneux, with Nicola Jones & Fiona Samuels
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 10871098
Chapter 2
Being Able to Breathe Again: The Effects of Cash Transfer Programmes on Psychosocial Wellbeing
Fiona Samuels & Maria Stavropoulou
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 10991114
Chapter 3
Can Social Protection Affect Psychosocial Wellbeing and Why Does This Matter? Lessons from Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa
Ramlatu Attah, Valentina Barca, Andrew Kardan, Ian MacAuslan, Fred Merttens & Luca Pellerano
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 11151131
Chapter 4
Accessing the Right Kinds of Material and Symbolic Capital: the Role of Cash Transfers in Reducing Adolescent School Absence and Risky Behaviour in South Africa
Michelle Adato, Stephen Devereux & Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 11321146
Chapter 5
Effects of Cash Transfers on Community Interactions: Emerging Evidence
Sara Pavanello, Carol Watson, W. Onyango-Ouma & Paul Bukuluki
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 11471161
Chapter 6
From Social Accountability to a New Social Contract? The Role of NGOs in Protecting and Empowering PLHIV in Uganda
Badru Bukenya
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 11621176
Chapter 7
Programming for Citizenship: The Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in El Salvador
Michelle Adato, Oscar Morales Barahona & Terence Roopnaraine
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 11771191
Chapter 8
Pathways to Citizen Accountability: Brazils Bolsa Famlia
Natasha Borges Sugiyama
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 11921206
Chapter 9
Transforming Cash Transfers: Citizens Perspectives on the Politics of Programme Implementation
Nicola Jones, Bassam Abu-Hamad, Paola Pereznieto & Kerry Sylvester
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 12071224
Chapter 10
Understanding Social Accountability: Politics, Power and Building New Social Contracts
Sam Hickey & Sophie King
The Journal of Development Studies, volume 52, issue 8 (August 2016), pp. 12251240
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Notes on Contributors
Bassam Abu-Hamad is an Associate Professor based at the Department of Public Health, Al Quds University, Gaza City, State of Palestine.
Michelle Adato is the Senior Operations Advisor for Gender and Social Inclusion and Sector Operations at the Millennium Challenge Corporation in Washington DC, USA. At the time the research was conducted, she was a Senior Research Fellow in the Poverty, Health and Nutrition Division of the International Food Policy Research Institute in Washington, DC, USA.
