Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa

Flora Hajdu, Stefan Granlund, David Neves, Tessa Hochfeld, Franklin Amuakwa-Mensah and Emil Sandström

World Development Perspectives, 2020, vol. 19, issue C

Abstract: Cash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several studies suggest they can have 'productive' impacts, contributing to building sustainable livelihoods. However, pilot projects of unconditional cash transfers have often been too brief or too recent to determine how small, but regular, transfers can improve rural livelihoods over time.

Keywords: Cash transfers; Social grants; Social protection; Child Support Grant; Rural livelihoods; South Africa (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100227

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