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Accepted Paper:
A SNA application to the evaluation of a universal unconditional cash transfer program in Uganda. How did the transfer impact recipients' call to action networks?
Filippo Grisolia
(University of Antwerp)
Nathalie Holvoet
(University of Antwerp)
Sara Dewachter
(Institute of Development Policy (IOB))
Paper short abstract:
By implementing Social Network Analysis (SNA), this paper analyses how a universal unconditional cash transfer, handed out in a rural Ugandan village, influenced recipients' perceptions of the state, institutional trust and relations with representatives of formal institutions.
Paper long abstract:
Social cash transfers (CT) are increasingly used by countries all over the world as fundamental components of their poverty reduction and social protection strategies. Yet, not much is known about how these interventions shape beneficiaries' citizen-state relations and perceptions of the state.
In this context, this paper analyses how a universal unconditional mobile cash transfer, handed out in a rural Ugandan village between 2017 and 2019, influenced recipients' perceptions of the state, institutional trust and relations with representatives of formal institutions.
In addition to mixed-methods research on the aforementioned variables, the study will implement social network analysis (SNA) in order to explore how the transfer affecteded the village's networks over time. More specifically, 'call to action' networks, mapping who did people reach out to, when demanding change concerning a common matter to the community, will be plotted and analysed. Some preliminary findings, derived from network-level metrics and ERGMs, illustrate how the transfer substantially changed the network's structure. In particular, having a role in the CT program (or not) proved being fundamental in determining local leaders' centrality in the network and even political success. In this sense, the innovative use of SNA, which has never been applied to the evaluation of social cash transfers' effects, could not only help capturing CT effects, but also contribute to shedding a light on the pathways leading to the observed changes.
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Accepted Paper:
Filippo Grisolia (University of Antwerp) Nathalie Holvoet (University of Antwerp) Sara Dewachter (Institute of Development Policy (IOB))
Paper short abstract:
Paper long abstract:
Social cash transfers (CT) are increasingly used by countries all over the world as fundamental components of their poverty reduction and social protection strategies. Yet, not much is known about how these interventions shape beneficiaries' citizen-state relations and perceptions of the state.
In this context, this paper analyses how a universal unconditional mobile cash transfer, handed out in a rural Ugandan village between 2017 and 2019, influenced recipients' perceptions of the state, institutional trust and relations with representatives of formal institutions.
In addition to mixed-methods research on the aforementioned variables, the study will implement social network analysis (SNA) in order to explore how the transfer affecteded the village's networks over time. More specifically, 'call to action' networks, mapping who did people reach out to, when demanding change concerning a common matter to the community, will be plotted and analysed. Some preliminary findings, derived from network-level metrics and ERGMs, illustrate how the transfer substantially changed the network's structure. In particular, having a role in the CT program (or not) proved being fundamental in determining local leaders' centrality in the network and even political success. In this sense, the innovative use of SNA, which has never been applied to the evaluation of social cash transfers' effects, could not only help capturing CT effects, but also contribute to shedding a light on the pathways leading to the observed changes.
States, Citizens and Social Protection in Africa
Session 1 Thursday 7 July, 2022, -