Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse Through Cash Transfers

Moss, Todd J.

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“…For example, experience with cash transfers in Indonesia showed a negligible and statistically insignificant decline in labour supply among adults (Bazzi et al, 2013). Universal basic income also fits within the rentier social contract and requires low administrative capabilities to verify eligibility (Hertog, 2016;Moss et al, 2015;Luciani, 2017).…”

Section: Choosing Between Conditional or Unconditional Cash Transfersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Experience indeed shows that universal basic income has positive net impacts on reducing poverty and narrowing income inequality (Moss et al, 2015), but that does not mean it maintains the public support that proponents of universal basic income hope for. Iran is the best example in this regard.…”

Section: Choosing Between Conditional or Unconditional Cash Transfersmentioning

confidence: 99%

“…Many have suggested that cash transfers (CT) can be this new mechanism (Hertog, 2017;Moss et al, 2015). This paper will set forth the benefits and drawbacks, opportunities and threats of using cash transfer schemes in the GCC context.…”

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“…Moss (2011) insists that direct cash transfer can give citizens incentives to monitor the government's NR revenue management and by strengthening citizens' economic relationship with the government. International examples of 12 In addition to the absence of an effective accountability system, the lack of government's capacity to properly utilize NR revenues might be another problem for PNG.…”

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Papua New Guinea and the Natural Resource Curse

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“…47 Studies of programs similar to the elderly and disabled support allowance and Bolsa da Mae in countries such as Brazil and Mexico suggest that cash payments to poor households have a strong poverty reduction effect. Buying basic goods like food and clothing represent investments in human capital, and the extra income (especially if tied to school attendance) can increase the family's incentive to have their children in school rather than working (Moss 2011).…”

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Oil to Cash: Fighting the Resource Curse Through Cash Transfers

Cited by 45 publications

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Harnessing Social Safety in a Context of Changing Social Contracts

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