Public Works Programmes and Cooperation for the Common Good: Evidence from Malawi

Beierl, Stefan; Dodlova, Marina

doi:10.1057/s41287-022-00525-1

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“…It can also contribute to a third value if the participants acquire new skills. In addition, the implementation of the welfare-to-work policy strengthens the poor groups' resistance to external risks by promoting social cohesion and strengthening economic ties between groups (Beierl and Dodlova, 2022). On the other hand, based on the local resource endowment, the implementation of the welfare-to-work policy is suitable for the local environment and promotes the sustainable development of underdeveloped areas by improving infrastructure and promoting industrial development (Si, 2011).…”

Section: Literature Review On the Welfare-to-work Policy On Poverty R...mentioning

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From poverty to prosperity: assessing of sustainable poverty reduction effect of “welfare-to-work” in Chinese counties

Lan,

Xu,

Sun

et al. 2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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The “welfare-to-work” program is a comprehensive supportive policy in the 14th five-year plan period in China. In this paper, a systematical assessment of the long-run effectiveness of the welfare-to-work policy on poverty reduction is of great significance to stimulate the internal impetus of people who are lifted out of poverty to achieve income growth and prosperity and promote regional economic development. Based on the data at the county (city) level in China from 2000 to 2019 and the sustainable development theory, in this paper, a county-relative poverty evaluation system was constructed. Besides, the double difference method was employed to evaluate the effect of the welfare-to-work policy on poverty reduction and test its action mechanism. The findings are as follows: (1) the welfare-to-work policy has a significant poverty reduction effect and presents an inverted “U” shape. In addition, significant achievements have been made in “maintaining employment stability, ensuring income, strengthening skills, and supporting the economy” ; (2) the welfare-to-work policy boosts poverty reduction in counties through infrastructure construction, fiscal intervention, and financial tools; however, the financial tools play a positive role in poverty reduction in the northwest region and suppressed role in the southwest region, and has an insignificant effect in the central region; and (3) there are differences in the effect of poverty alleviation policies of the counties with different sustainable development levels, and the regions with higher development level have a stronger driving effect.

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Section: Literature Review On the Welfare-to-work Policy On Poverty R...mentioning

confidence: 99%

From poverty to prosperity: assessing of sustainable poverty reduction effect of “welfare-to-work” in Chinese counties

Lan,

Xu,

Sun

et al. 2024

Humanit Soc Sci Commun

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Disentangling the Relationship Between Social Protection and Social Cohesion: Introduction to the Special Issue

et al. 2022

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While there is substantial evidence of the effect of social protection on poverty and vulnerability, limited research has focused on societal outcomes. This paper serves as introduction to a special issue (SI) examining the relationship between social protection and social cohesion in low- and middle-income countries. Over the last years, social cohesion has emerged as a central goal of development policy. The introduction and the papers in the SI use a common definition of social cohesion as a multi-faceted phenomenon, comprising three attributes: cooperation, trust and inclusive identity. This introductory article provides a conceptual framework linking social protection to social cohesion, shows the current empirical evidence for the bi-directional linkages, and highlights how the papers in the SI contribute to filling existing research gaps. In addition to this introduction, the SI encompasses seven papers, covering different world regions and social protection schemes, and using different quantitative and qualitative methods.

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More than the Sum of Its Parts: Donor-Sponsored Cash-for-Work Programmes and Social Cohesion in Jordanian Communities Hosting Syrian Refugees

Zintl

Loewe

2022

Eur J Dev Res

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Cash-for-Work (CfW)/public works programmes have gained great interest recently because they can deliver employment and income for vulnerable households, in addition to dearly needed infrastructure. Studying donor-funded CfW programmes for Syrian refugees and their local neighbours in Jordan we show that CfW can also improve social cohesion, which is particularly important in the context of state fragility and migration. The studied programmes strengthen the sense of belonging and horizontal trust of participants and non-participants, refugees and locals, and in particular women. Their effect on vertical trust, however, is more ambiguous because many Syrians and Jordanians attribute positive effects to donor support rather than to Jordanian authorities. We use a mixed method approach including semi-structured interviews with 390 CfW participants, other community members and neutral observers and a quantitative analysis of a survey covering all 1847 participants of one CfW programme.

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Public Works Programmes and Cooperation for the Common Good: Evidence from Malawi

Cited by 4 publications

References 32 publications

From poverty to prosperity: assessing of sustainable poverty reduction effect of “welfare-to-work” in Chinese counties

From poverty to prosperity: assessing of sustainable poverty reduction effect of “welfare-to-work” in Chinese counties

Disentangling the Relationship Between Social Protection and Social Cohesion: Introduction to the Special Issue

More than the Sum of Its Parts: Donor-Sponsored Cash-for-Work Programmes and Social Cohesion in Jordanian Communities Hosting Syrian Refugees

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