Add to ORKGSocial transfers have reached the policy agenda of low-income countries in Africa, where affordability is a key concern while aid dependency is high. In terms of magnitudes, aid could make a substantial difference in relaxing the affordability constraint. This paper addresses issues that arise as external financing of social transfers is contemplated, risks as well as opportunities. External financing of social transfers would have to address three requirements: i) be politically supported by donor countries ’ home constituencies, ii) be based on a credible aid contract, where the permanent character of transfers has to be reconciled with time-bound aid, iii) build on, and avoid disturbing, the political ownership in partner countries. Diff...
My dissertation is an advocacy of the idea that if aid proved to be ineffective, it is partly becaus...
The widespread belief across the globe and across religions that the rich should help the poor throu...
There has long been a minority view that providing people with cash is an effective way of combating...
This paper mainly focuses on the various ways through which a social cash transfer program can be de...
This paper mainly focuses on the various ways through which a social cash transfer program can be de...
This paper uses evidence from two contrasting African countries, a middle-income oil producer (the R...
In response to the critical need of affected children and families, the compelling evidence for thei...
In response to the critical need of affected children and families, the compelling evidence for thei...
Social cash transfers as a strategy for poverty reduction acquired prominence in Latin America but s...
Many countries around the globe, including in sub-Saharan Africa, have implemented social cash trans...
Preprint of an article published in the Journal of Economic Policy Reform with the title:“Stimulatin...
Social transfer programs in developing countries are designed to contribute to poverty reduction by ...
Evidence on how cash transfers can reduce poverty remains a hot topic in both development and relief...
In this paper, we review and compare the potential and limitations of foreign aid and microfinance a...
There has long been a minority view that providing people with cash is an effective way of combating...
My dissertation is an advocacy of the idea that if aid proved to be ineffective, it is partly becaus...
The widespread belief across the globe and across religions that the rich should help the poor throu...
There has long been a minority view that providing people with cash is an effective way of combating...
This paper mainly focuses on the various ways through which a social cash transfer program can be de...
This paper mainly focuses on the various ways through which a social cash transfer program can be de...
This paper uses evidence from two contrasting African countries, a middle-income oil producer (the R...
In response to the critical need of affected children and families, the compelling evidence for thei...
In response to the critical need of affected children and families, the compelling evidence for thei...
Social cash transfers as a strategy for poverty reduction acquired prominence in Latin America but s...
Many countries around the globe, including in sub-Saharan Africa, have implemented social cash trans...
Preprint of an article published in the Journal of Economic Policy Reform with the title:“Stimulatin...
Social transfer programs in developing countries are designed to contribute to poverty reduction by ...
Evidence on how cash transfers can reduce poverty remains a hot topic in both development and relief...
In this paper, we review and compare the potential and limitations of foreign aid and microfinance a...
There has long been a minority view that providing people with cash is an effective way of combating...
My dissertation is an advocacy of the idea that if aid proved to be ineffective, it is partly becaus...
The widespread belief across the globe and across religions that the rich should help the poor throu...
There has long been a minority view that providing people with cash is an effective way of combating...