eprintid: 10153291 rev_number: 11 eprint_status: archive userid: 699 dir: disk0/10/15/32/91 datestamp: 2022-09-26 16:44:13 lastmod: 2022-09-26 16:44:13 status_changed: 2022-09-26 16:44:13 type: book_section metadata_visibility: show sword_depositor: 699 creators_name: Pradhan, Uma creators_name: Thapa, Deepak creators_name: Baniya, Jeevan creators_name: Gurung, Yangchen creators_name: Mahato, Sanjay creators_name: Roy, Indrajit title: The Politics of Social Protection in Nepal: State Infrastructural Power and Implementation of the Scholarship Programme ispublished: pub divisions: B14 divisions: J80 divisions: B16 divisions: UCL keywords: social protection, social transfer, scholarship, political economy, state capacity, Bangladesh note: © Oxford University Press 2022. This is an open access publication, available online and distributed under the terms of a Creative Commons Attribution – Non Commercial – No Derivatives 4.0 International licence (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/). abstract: The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia provides a systematic analysis of the political processes shaping the distribution of social transfers in six countries in Sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia. In doing so, the book addresses a notable gap in recent research on social protection concerning the politics of implementation. While considerable attention has been devoted to debating the merits of different policy designs and the political factors shaping the adoption and diffusion of different policy models, ultimately the ability of any social transfer programme to deliver on its promises is dependent on the effective implementation and distribution of social transfers in line with intended objectives. The chapters in this book examine international and sub-national variation in programme implementation in Bangladesh, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Nepal, and Rwanda, drawing on a common analytical framework that highlights the importance of state capacity and reach, rooted in histories of state formation, and contemporary political competition in shaping the distribution of social transfers. Comparative analysis of the case studies supports the view that variation in the capacity and reach of the state within countries is a centrally important factor shaping the effectiveness and impartiality of distribution. Yet state capacity alone is insufficient. Rather political competition and power relations shape how this capacity is actually deployed in practice. As such, the book underscores the inherently political nature of implementation and questions common technocratic efforts to improve implementation by de-politicizing the social protection policy process. date: 2022 date_type: published publisher: Oxford University Press official_url: https://doi.org/10.1093/oso/9780192862525.003.0008 oa_status: green full_text_type: pub language: eng primo: open primo_central: open_green verified: verified_manual elements_id: 1944807 doi: 10.1093/oso/9780192862525.003.0008 isbn_13: 9780192862525 lyricists_name: Pradhan, Uma lyricists_id: UPRAD41 actors_name: Pradhan, Uma actors_id: UPRAD41 actors_role: owner full_text_status: public place_of_pub: Oxford, UK pagerange: 205-226 book_title: The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers editors_name: Lavers, Thomas citation: Pradhan, Uma; Thapa, Deepak; Baniya, Jeevan; Gurung, Yangchen; Mahato, Sanjay; Roy, Indrajit; (2022) The Politics of Social Protection in Nepal: State Infrastructural Power and Implementation of the Scholarship Programme. In: Lavers, Thomas, (ed.) The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers. (pp. 205-226). Oxford University Press: Oxford, UK. Green open access document_url: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/10153291/7/Pradhan_The%20Politics%20of%20Social%20Protection%20in%20Nepal_chapter_VoR.pdf