From Structural Adjustment to Social Adjustment

By S. Bradshaw. 2008

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The article explores the implications for gender roles and relations in Nicaragua of implementing a Conditional Cash Transfer programme aimed at improving the situation of the extreme poor. Nicaragua's programme, the Social Protection Network/Red de Protección Social (RPS), is modelled on the Progresa/Oportunidades programme of Mexico and shares many features in common. Evaluations of Progresa have suggested positive outcomes for women. However, examination of the findings highlight some cause for concern particularly around what inclusion on the programme means for the women involved. The article explores the consequences of translating this programme aimed at addressing the structural causes of poverty into a more overtly neoliberal and neo-conservative policy context such as that in Nicaragua. It highlights how a key feature of the RPS is the `social adjustment' of women's behaviour for economic growth gains and discusses the possible consequences for the women included and excluded from the programme.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Gender Studies, Safety Research

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Citations in the corpus

• Women, gender and the informal economy:An assessment of ILO research and suggested ways forward (2008, unknown): “…arguments concerning the adverse effects of the " feminization " of anti-poverty initiatives such as Conditional Cash Transfer programmes made in recent feminist academic work in a variety of contexts (see Bradshaw, 2008; Chant, 2007a; Mayoux, 2006; Molyneux, 2006; also Valenzuela, ed., 2004).”