Assisting the Poor with Cash : Design and Implementation of Social Transfer Programs

By Fiona J. Mackintosh, Johan Blomquist. 2003

126 citations recorded by the source corpus.

Cash transfers can be defined as the provision of assistance in the form of cash to the poor or those who face a probable risk, in the absence of the transfer, of falling into poverty. Cash transfers, broadly defined, can be given in the form of social assistance, insurance, near-cash tax benefits, and private transfers. This note focuses on government programs, recognizing that private transfers and public programs serve multiple objectives, of which social safety net protection is just one.

Subfields: Economics and Econometrics, Safety Research, Sociology and Political Science

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In Economics and Econometrics

1. A. Barrientos
2. R. Slater
3. Margaret E. Grosh
4. Guy Standing
5. C. Ninno
6. E. Tesliuc
7. A. Ouerghi

In Safety Research

1. A. Barrientos
2. R. Slater
3. Margaret E. Grosh
4. Guy Standing
5. C. Ninno
6. J. DeJong
7. E. Tesliuc
8. A. Ouerghi

In Sociology and Political Science

1. A. Barrientos
2. R. Slater
3. Margaret E. Grosh
4. Guy Standing
5. C. Ninno
6. J. DeJong
7. E. Tesliuc
8. A. Ouerghi

Citations in the corpus

• Reducing Child Poverty with Cash Transfers: A Sure Thing? (2006, background): “There is a growing literature on the use of cash transfers in anti-poverty policy (Subbarao et al., 1997; Tabor, 2002), but a primary concern in this article is to consider issues of programme design specific to cash transfers for children.”
• For Protection and Promotion: The Design and Implementation of Effective Safety Nets (2008, background): “…have been reorganized, such as the JPS Operasi Pasar Khusus (Special Market Operations) program in Indonesia (Yonekura 2005); and some have been replaced by other programs, such as the rice ration program in Sri Lanka, which has been replaced by a food stamp program (Edirisinghe 1987; Tabor 2002).”
• Introduction: Cash Transfers: Panacea for Poverty Reduction or Money Down the Drain? (2006, background): “The World Bank has a growing cadre of Washington and country-based staff working on a range of cash transfer issues (see, for example, Coady et al., 2004 on targeting; Pritchett, 2005, on political economy; and Tabor, 2002, on design and implementation).”
• How Cash Transfers Promote the Case for Basic Income (2008, background): “Food aid will therefore tend to result in waste, due to undervaluation, and/or excessive consumption just because it is “free” (Tabor, 2002).”