Transforming Cash Transfers: Citizens’ Perspectives on the Politics of Programme Implementation

Nicola Jones, Bassam Abu-Hamad, Paola Pereznieto and Kerry Sylvester

Journal of Development Studies, 2016, vol. 52, issue 8, 1207-1224

Abstract: After two decades of cash transfer programming, interest in programme governance and social accountability is growing. Analysts are increasingly realising the importance of issues of politics, power and citizen engagement in shaping programme effectiveness and sustainability. To contribute to a still nascent literature on the politics of programme implementation, this article explores the political economy factors shaping governance and social accountability processes in three established and relatively large-scale unconditional cash transfer programmes in conflict-affected contexts – Mozambique, Palestine and Yemen – drawing on beneficiary and citizen perception data from 2012. We conclude by emphasising the importance of context-specific understandings of demand-side factors.

Date: 2016
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DOI: 10.1080/00220388.2015.1134772

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