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Can Cash Transfer Programmes Have 'Transformative' Effects?

Molyneux, M; Jones, WN; Samuels, F; (2016) Can Cash Transfer Programmes Have 'Transformative' Effects? Journal of Development Studies , 52 (8) pp. 1087-1098. 10.1080/00220388.2015.1134781. Green open access

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Abstract

Cash transfers (CTs), for all their evident success in relieving poverty, have been criticised for failing to incorporate transformative elements into their programme design. In recent years changes have been introduced into the design of CT programmes that go some way towards addressing this concern. This article critically engages the meaning of transformative social protection and introduces a collection of papers that examine whether and under what conditions cash transfers can be ‘transformative’. Among the issues addressed are whether CTs can be catalysts leading to positive changes, material, subjective and relational in the lives of poor people; what are the social effects of CTs for beneficiaries, their households and communities; and can they foster horizontal relationships within communities and vertical relationship with the state through developing forms of social accountability and citizenship engagement?

Type: Article
Title: Can Cash Transfer Programmes Have 'Transformative' Effects?
Open access status: An open access version is available from UCL Discovery
DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2015.1134781
Publisher version: http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/00220388.2015.1134781
Language: English
Additional information: This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Taylor & Francis in the Journal of Development Studies on 9 May 2016, available online: http://www.tandfonline.com/10.1080/00220388.2015.1134781.
UCL classification: UCL
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS
UCL > Provost and Vice Provost Offices > UCL SLASH > Faculty of S&HS > Institute of the Americas
URI: https://discovery.ucl.ac.uk/id/eprint/1497225
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