Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africa

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dc.contributor.authorNeves, David
dc.contributor.authorGranlund, Stefan
dc.date.accessioned2023-01-24T11:25:37Z
dc.date.available2023-01-24T11:25:37Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.description.abstractCash transfers have received increased scholarly and policy attention, as a means of reducing poverty in the global South. While cash transfers are primarily intended to prevent impoverishment and deprivation, several studies suggest they can have 'productive' impacts, contributing to building sustainable livelihoods. However, pilot projects of unconditional cash transfers have often been too brief or too recent to determine how small, but regular, transfers can improve rural livelihoods over time. This paper explores potential long-term productive effects of cash transfers on rural household’s livelihoods. This is done through revisiting, after 14 years, all (273) households in two South African villages included in an extensive livelihood and asset survey in 2002. That survey predated the phasing in of the Child Support Grant (CSG), targeted at impoverished children. When re-surveyed in 2016, some households had cumulatively received significant, while others little or no CSG income. Multivariate regression analysis shows how households that received more CGS income were more likely to invest in productive assets (e.g. small ploughs), and engage in poultry, staple crop and vegetable production. We also found a statistically significant correlation between CSG incomes and growing a larger variety of crops, in an environment generally marked by deagrarianization. However, correlations between receiving more CSG and employment or engagement in informal small-scale trade were not significant. We use data from interviews and observations to explain these processes further.en_US
dc.identifier.citationHajdu, F., Granlund, S., Neves, D., Hochfeld, T., Amuakwa-Mensah, F., & Sandström, E. (2020). Cash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? examining the long-term productive effects of the child support grant in south africa. World Development Perspectives, 19 doi:10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100227en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps//doi.org/:10.1016/j.wdp.2020.100227
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/10566/8309
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherElsivieren_US
dc.subjectSocial Protectionen_US
dc.subjectCash transfersen_US
dc.subjectChild Support Grant (CSG)en_US
dc.subjectSouth Africanen_US
dc.titleCash transfers for sustainable rural livelihoods? Examining the long-term productive effects of the Child Support Grant in South Africaen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US

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