- Title
- Have cash transfers reduced poverty in Sub-Saharan Africa? :Evidence from Zimbabwe
- Creator
- Chimbwanda, Tatenda Ann
- Subject
- Cash transfers, Deprivation, Food poverty, Harmonised social cash transfers, Income poverty, Zimbabwe
- Date
- 2017
- Type
- Thesis
- Identifier
- http://hdl.handle.net/10004/98492, vital:4335, valet-20180130-112226
- Description
- This dissertation confirmed the hypothesis, “(If) the poor people are best positioned in deciding how to use the money they receive from the Cash Transfers (CTs) in order to improve their own lives”, through investigating the extent to which Harmonised Social Cash Transfers (HSCTs) have reduced poverty in Zimbabwe. The research distinguished itself from previous studies on Zimbabwe, which were aimed at illustrating how CTs can reduce poverty in Zimbabwe; this study examined the extent to which HSCTs have reduced poverty in Zimbabwe. The study employed a deductive secondary qualitative triangulation method of inquiry which focused on secondary data for Zimbabwe from 2012-2017. The study findings suggested that HSCTs have reduced food and income poverty to a large extent in Zimbabwe for the 36 000 beneficiaries’ households. Nonetheless, to a lesser extent, HSCTs did not reduce deprivation. Overall, 214 000 impoverished households in need of assistance receive no aid. Thus, the impact of HSCTs on poverty reduction remains minimal on a national level.
- Contributor
- Morvaridi, Dr Behrooz
- Publisher
- Faculty of Social Sciences, Peace Studies
- Language
- EN
- Relation
- no
- Rights
- © 2018 University of Bradford. All rights reserved
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