The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda

Sam Hickey and Badru Bukenya

No wp-2016-118, WIDER Working Paper Series from World Institute for Development Economic Research (UNU-WIDER)

Abstract: In 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling out a social pension programme, and increasing its own contribution to it. This was driven by the highly politicized efforts of a transnational policy coalition, led by international donors and national bureaucrats. It was a struggle over ideas as well as resources, with this coalition having to overcome strong resistance from Finance Ministry tendencies until the policy coalition started 'thinking and working politically' to help align the social protection agenda with Uganda's shifting political settlement dynamics.

Keywords: Political science; Social conditions; Transfer payments (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2016
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