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Can Cash Transfer Programmes Have ‘Transformative’ Effects

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ID20302873
AuthorsMaxine Molyneux (0000-0002-3548-0943, University College London, corresponding author), With Nicola Jones (Overseas Development Institute), Fiona Samuels (0000-0001-8709-1328, Overseas Development Institute)
Year2016
Volume52
Issue8
Pages1087-1098
Publication date2016-08-02
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Development Studies (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 0022-0388 • E-ISSN: 1743-9140
PublisherInforma UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/00220388.2015.1134781
OpenAlexW2365254818
LanguageEN
Citations received76
References cited27

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

Business · Cash · Pedagogy · Transformative learning · Finance · Income, Poverty, and Inequality · Microfinance and Financial Inclusion · Poverty, Education, and Child Welfare · Psychology

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Unique citing works76
Citations per year8,44
Citation span2017 - 2026 (10)
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