Volumes 41 - 46: Recent submissions

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    • Social Protection in Zambia – Whose Politics? 

      Schüring, Esther; Lawson?McDowall, Julie (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      Attempts have been made to explain why social protection systems seem least likely to become established where they are most needed. Often, however, these attempts have not captured the rather complex politics in the ...

    • Collaborative Governance: Analysing Social Audits in MGNREGA in India 

      Vij, Nidhi (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      In the history of social protection programmes in India, the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) is the most expansive and ambitious programme ever. In 2009/10 alone, over 380 billion rupees ...

    • Richer but Resented: What do Cash Transfers do to Social Relations? 

      MacAuslan, Ian; Riemenschneider, Nils (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      Cash transfers are an increasingly important component of social protection systems in most countries. Usually, cash transfers are evaluated against their effects on poverty or human capital, with their impact on social ...

    • Why is Social Protection Gender?blind? The Politics of Gender and Social Protection 

      Jones, Nicola; Holmes, Rebecca (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      Social protection may be high on the policy agenda in international development circles, but the way it plays out in practice at national and local level is deeply political, especially so when viewed through a gender lens. ...

    • Dignity and Stigma among South African Female Cash Transfer Recipients 

      Hochfeld, Tessa; Plagerson, Sophie (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      This study analyses impacts of social discourses on the outcomes of social policy, through the narratives of female cash transfer recipients in Soweto, South Africa. Their understandings of poverty and welfare are related ...

    • Reflections on Including Disability in Social Protection Programmes 

      Schneider, Marguerite; Waliuya, Wamundila; Munsanje, Joseph; Swartz, Leslie (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      This article presents reflections on including disability in social protection and, specifically, in social assistance programmes. The main considerations for including disability in such programmes are: (a) the factors ...

    • Adaptive Social Protection in Rwanda: ‘Climate?proofing’ the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme 

      Siegel, Paul B.; Gatsinzi, Justine; Kettlewell, Andrew (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      Rwanda has a high rate of rural poverty, population density and pressures on its natural resource base. One government response has been a social protection intervention, the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP). VUP ...

    • Is there a Role for Cash Transfers in Climate Change Adaptation? 

      Wood, Rachel Godfrey (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      This article assesses the potential of cash transfer programmes to contribute to adaptation goals in developing countries. It argues that cash transfers are likely to contribute to adaptive capacity by (1) meeting basic ...

    • Social Protection and Climate Change 

      Béné, Christophe (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      This overview is an introduction to the theme session on ‘Social protection and climate change’ in this IDS Bulletin . It first reviews the different dimensions of the relationship between social protection and climate ...

    • Transformative Social Protection: Reflections on South Asian Policy Experiences 

      Koehler, Gabriele (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      This article argues that social transfers as such, are a ‘good thing’. They can alleviate the immediate economic impact of poverty and vulnerability. It cautions, however, that such transfers may be a ‘bad thing’, since ...

    • Addressing Inequality: Framing Social Protection in National Development Strategies 

      Carroll, Kate (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      It is important to address different inequalities and one way to achieve this is through social protection as a mechanism for redistribution. Achieving social justice and a reduction in inequalities through social protection ...

    • (Re)distribution and Growth: What is the Role of Social Protection? 

      Sabates?Wheeler, Rachel; Koehler, Gabriele (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      Considerations of social justice, as opposed to growth, must provide the linchpin of a social protection agenda because the chronically vulnerable and poor are typically in their predicament because of institutionalised ...

    • Political and Civil Society in India's Welfare Trajectory 

      Ehmke, Ellen (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      In this article, a historical institutional approach is applied to study the Indian welfare trajectory. The aim is to understand which reproduction pattern possibly inhibited the constitutional call for adequate standards ...

    • Social Protection, the Millennium Development Goals and Human Rights 

      van Ginneken, Wouter (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, 1/11/2011)
      This article is an attempt to outline the possible implications of a rights?based approach to social protection and the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). It starts with some remarks on the role of social protection ...

    • Notes on Contributors 

      Unknown author (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, September )

    • Introduction: Time to Reimagine Development? 

      Haddad, Lawrence; Hossain, Naomi; McGregor, J. Allister; Mehta, Lyla (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, September )
      The major global crises of the past four years – financial, fuel, food, climate – have collectively had a dramatic impact on people's lives and livelihoods. Have they also had a large impact on core ideas underlying ...

    • Development Professionals: Reconciling Personal Values with Professional Values 

      Gunetilleke, Neranjana; De Silva, Nilakshi; Lokuge, Gayathri (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, September )
      This article is the result of conversations among a group of development professionals associated with the Centre for Poverty Analysis (CEPA) in Sri Lanka, around questions of the values with which we conduct our work and ...

    • Better Social Welfare, Ukraine 

      Berenson, Marc P. (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, September )
      To a large extent, the recent global economic?financial crisis has not affected how the social welfare system in Ukraine provides assistance. While Ukraine did contribute more funds to help meet the greater demands for ...

    • Experiences and Reimaginings of Development from a Kutchi Village 

      Mehta, Lyla (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, September )
      This article asks how the global financial crisis (GFC) affected rural communities in western India that have always lived with crises. A visit to Kutch, a border district in Gujarat, revisited after seven years, revealed ...

    • Transforming a Country? A Debate on Reimaginations of Development, Change and Crisis in Ethiopia 

      Habermann, Birgit (Blackwell Publishing Ltd, September )
      Ethiopia is undoubtedly making enormous development progress, particularly in terms of infrastructure, education and improved livelihoods. Yet there is growing disagreement on what constitutes good or appropriate development ...