The Livelihood Impacts of Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Beneficiary Perspectives from Six Countries

摘要: Summary Cash transfers (CTs) are a social protection mechanism to reduce the poorest households’ vulnerability shocks and build human capital by smoothing consumption sustaining expenditure on education welfare. Our study examines whether how CTs go beyond welfare objectives promote livelihoods. Presenting cross-case analysis using original qualitative data beneficiary perspectives from six African countries—Kenya, Ethiopia, Malawi, Lesotho, Zimbabwe Ghana—we explore CT livelihood impacts within household economies networks, paying attention gender issues. We find that small but predictable flow of cash improves strategic choices stimulates productive investments, including through positive effects entry into risk-sharing arrangements networks for economic collaboration. Levels labor constraint nevertheless significantly mediate ability consolidate outcomes. The varying availability opportunities, plus effective program implementation, also shape impact. Incorporating brings fore multi-dimensionality experiences poverty deprivation, dynamics intangibles such as dignity respect; they add powerful realism influence both immediate survival choices. Beyond this, confirm wider knowledge impact bring nuance conditions under which, mechanisms which beneficiaries’ use capability assets make