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Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can Foreign Aid Act as a Catalyst?

In: The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development

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  • Cécile Cherrier

    (Overseas Development Institute)

Abstract

Cherrier investigates the extent to which, and the mechanisms through which, foreign aid actors have influenced the emergence of permanent, scaled-up and nationally owned social transfer schemes in sub-Saharan Africa. Challenging prominent views on aid for social protection, the author establishes that foreign aid can have a catalytic effect on the mobilization of domestic resources for social transfers in a low-income country context. Drawing on empirical evidence from a dozen case studies, Cherrier uncovers four common stories of the roles played by foreign aid actors. She concludes with a reflection on critical issues that still need to be tackled for social transfer schemes to help address poverty and inequality at a more transformative level in the sub-Saharan African region.

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  • Cécile Cherrier, 2020. "Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Can Foreign Aid Act as a Catalyst?," Social Policy in a Development Context, in: Katja Hujo (ed.), The Politics of Domestic Resource Mobilization for Social Development, chapter 3, pages 75-108, Palgrave Macmillan.
  • Handle: RePEc:pal:sopchp:978-3-030-37595-9_3
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-37595-9_3
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