Is Graduation from Social Safety Nets Possible? Evidence from Sub‐Saharan Africa

In the last decade social cash transfer programmes have become extremely popular in sub‐Saharan Africa, and are often portrayed as an instrument that can facilitate graduation out of poverty. The evidence on whether social cash transfers have had actual effects on graduation, however, is limited. Th...

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Published in:IDS bulletin (Brighton. 1984) 2015-03, Vol.46 (2), p.93-102
Main Authors: Daidone, Silvio, Pellerano, Luca, Handa, Sudhanshu, Davis, Benjamin
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Africa
Economic shock
Ghana
Households
Income
Income distribution
Intervention
Kenya
Lesotho
Poverty
Poverty alleviation
Poverty relief
Probability theory
Productivity
Resilience
Social policy
Social security
Studies
Sub Saharan Africa
Transfer of funds
Upward mobility
Zambia
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Summary:In the last decade social cash transfer programmes have become extremely popular in sub‐Saharan Africa, and are often portrayed as an instrument that can facilitate graduation out of poverty. The evidence on whether social cash transfers have had actual effects on graduation, however, is limited. This article provides a cross‐country reflection of the potential effects of social cash transfers on graduation, drawing from impact evaluation results of cash transfer programmes in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho and Zambia. We analyse whether social cash transfers have improved the likelihood of graduation, through increased productivity, income generation and resilience to shocks. We identify which factors in terms of programme implementation and household characteristics can increase the likelihood of cash transfer programmes facilitating graduation from poverty.
ISSN:0265-5012
1759-5436
DOI:10.1111/1759-5436.12132