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Les transferts monétaires au Niger : le grand malentendu

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  • Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan
  • Oumarou Hamani
  • Nana Issaley
  • Younoussi Issa
  • Hannatou Adamou
  • Issaka Oumarou

Abstract

Cash Transfer programs in Africa have recently become, after other continents, a privileged formula for humanitarian aid and development assistance. In Niger, a sum of money is unconditionally transferred directly to the beneficiary, identified as amongst the poorest of the poor. But this is typical of top-down development (?blueprint approach?). The present research, using qualitative methods, brings to light many unpredicted results of these programs when delivered to the target populations, and highlights the gaps between systems of standardized norms, imposed by these programs, as opposed to local norms and their diversity. It also captures how cash transfers are interpreted and dismembered by local populations, and demonstrates the capture strategies adopted by local elites, or other opportunistic uses of these programs.

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  • Jean-Pierre Olivier de Sardan & Oumarou Hamani & Nana Issaley & Younoussi Issa & Hannatou Adamou & Issaka Oumarou, 2014. "Les transferts monétaires au Niger : le grand malentendu," Revue Tiers-Monde, Armand Colin, vol. 0(2), pages 107-130.
    • Handle: RePEc:cai:rtmarc:rtm_218_0107
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    1. Stoeffler, Quentin & Mills, Bradford & del Ninno, Carlo, 2016. "Reaching the Poor: Cash Transfer Program Targeting in Cameroon," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 83(C), pages 244-263.
    2. Fisher, Eleanor & Attah, Ramlatu & Barca, Valentina & O'Brien, Clare & Brook, Simon & Holland, Jeremy & Kardan, Andrew & Pavanello, Sara & Pozarny, Pamela, 2017. "The Livelihood Impacts of Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa: Beneficiary Perspectives from Six Countries," World Development, Elsevier, vol. 99(C), pages 299-319.

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