2013 Fiscal Year Final Research Report

Study on Effectiveness of Cash Transfer Programs in Developing Countries

Research Project

Project/Area Number	23530313
Research Category	Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
Allocation Type	Multi-year Fund
Section	一般
Research Field	Economic policy
Research Institution	Hitotsubashi University
Principal Investigator	KODAMAYA Shiro 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 教授 (00234790)
Co-Investigator(Kenkyū-buntansha)	ASAMI Yasuhito 一橋大学, 大学院社会学研究科, 教授 (60251500) URANO Edson 筑波大学, 人文社会科学研究科, 准教授 (80514512)
Project Period (FY)	2011 – 2013
Keywords	社会政策 / 国家財政 / 貧困削減政策 / ブラジル　ケニア　フィリピン
Research Abstract	The project aims to study the achievement and limitations of the (conditional) cash transfer programs in developing countries by comparing the programs of Brazil, Philippines and Kenya. While the programs were designed and implemented according to the basic principles of the cash transfers, the policy planners and administrators in the case countries were flexible enough to adjust the programs depending on the different economic, fiscal and administrative conditions. Proliferation of cash transfers in developing countries are closely related to the politics after democratization of these countries including the perception that the poor can be active participants of politics and economy as co-responsible for poverty reduction and social development.

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