Whither Clientelism? Good Governance and Brazil's &lt;I&gt;Bolsa Família&lt;/I&gt; Program

Sugiyama, Natasha Borges; Hunter, Wendy

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“…Importantly, this view was consistent between both the female and male groups. This suggests that Brazil's CCT is a marked departure from historic social assistance programmes, which were at best charity and at worst instruments that reinforced patron-client relationships (Sugiyama & Hunter, 2013). Understanding the programme in bureaucratic and rights-based terms may ultimately allow the poor to defend those rights against the state or others who deny them access to it.…”

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“…Rather than test hypotheses on the effectiveness of bottom-up versus top-down mechanisms, this analysis draws on a case study approach to yield insights that are useful for subsequent theory building (Bennett, 2010). This work extends research on the views and experiences of Bolsa Família recipients (Hunter & Sugiyama, 2014;Sugiyama & Hunter, 2013), incorporates interviews with federal bureaucrats with the Ministry of Social Development as well as street-level bureaucrats, and draws on the literature on Brazil's CCT. To understand the experiences of poor beneficiaries, we went to the northeast, a region known for its high concentration of poverty and longstanding practise with clientelism.…”

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“…While Brazil's freedom of information law is nascent (Law 12.527/2011), the Ministry of Social Development built transparency features into the Bolsa Família programme from the onset. One of the most important transparency features may be its public list of beneficiaries on a transparency portal website, allowing any interested party to identify the number of grant-holders per city as well as the names of legally responsible cardholders (Sugiyama & Hunter, 2013). Any interested citizen with questions about the Bolsa Família can also utilise a toll-free number to contact Brasília.…”

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Pathways to Citizen Accountability: Brazil’s Bolsa Família

Sugiyama

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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This article examines the pathways -citizen-driven, bottom-up oversight or state-centred administrative controls -that have played the largest role in promoting the accountability of the Bolsa Família programme. The exploratory analysis draws on interviews with local and federal officials as well as beneficiaries of the Bolsa Família in order to identify the ways monitoring and accountability have evolved in practise and on the ground. Field research highlights that citizen-and community-driven participatory mechanisms for ongoing monitoring and accountability are relatively weak. Top-down administrative regulations, such as programmatic transparency and random audits, have largely worked to protect the integrity of the programme. The article concludes by discussing the opportunities for greater community-driven participatory oversight in the future.

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Pathways to Citizen Accountability: Brazil’s Bolsa Família

Sugiyama

2016

The Journal of Development Studies

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“…Atualmente o programa auxilia mais de 13 milhões de famílias em todo o Brasil, com o objetivo central de melhorar as condições de vida dos benefi ciários (Portal da Transparência, 2014), que, em sua maior parte, não possuem rendimentos fi xos, sendo o recurso do PBF uma garantia de renda mensal (Sugiyama;Hunter, 2013). Todavia, como as famílias possuem autonomia para decidir onde alocar seus recursos fi nanceiros, a melhora nas condições de vida fi ca associada à maneira como essas famílias gerenciam seus recursos monetários, ou seja, a que fi m destinam o dinheiro, como tomam suas decisões, quais suas prioridades e se conseguem atendê-las (MDS; SENARC, 2014).…”

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Beneficiários do Programa Bolsa Família: relações com as finanças e impacto na satisfação global de vida

Campara

Vieira

2016

Nova econ.

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Resumo O objetivo do estudo é identifi car as práticas, as percepções e o comportamento fi nanceiro das benefi ciárias do Programa Bolsa Família (PBF)eCódigos JEL I32; I30; G00. AbstractThe aim of this paper is to identify the practices, perceptions and the fi nancial behaviors of benefi ciaries of Program Bolsa Família and their impact on global life satisfaction. For this, we applied 595 questionnaires, which were analyzed using descriptive statistics and multiple linear regression. The main results showed the predominance of women in the fi nancial management of these families who are in fi nancial situations diffi cult, overdue bills, spending more than they earn, almost unable to pay the monthly expenses and without conditions to save money. In relation to behavioral factors, we concluded medium fi nancial attitude, attitude to debt and fi nancial well-being, positive fi nancial behavior, low level of fi nancial knowledge and overall satisfaction positive life. The multiple linear regression indicated that people with high sense of fi nancial wellbeing, attitude and adequate fi nancial behavior, low savings and no debt visualize a better overall life satisfaction. Keywords

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“…It shows that while the program has inconsistently proven to shape political behavior in Brazil, the focus on race sheds light on the mechanisms through which CCTs translate into incumbent support. Drawing on findings in the literature on political behavior in Latin America, the article shows how race shapes individuals' baseline propensities Lindert et al 2007), and there is even evidence that the program has played a role in eroding clientelistic linkages that predominate outside of urban centers (Sugiyama and Hunter 2013). …”

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The Racialized Effects of Social Programs in Brazil

Micheli

2018

Lat Am Polit Soc

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Studies of the electoral effects of cash transfer programs in Latin America have largely treated the poor as a unitary group. This study considers how the effects of social benefits vary across groups among the targeted poor by exploring the consequences of race for the electoral effects of Brazil's Bolsa Família program. A matching analysis of LAPOP survey data shows that race shapes baseline propensities to participate in elections and to support the incumbent PT at the polls; these tendencies then shape the mechanisms through which cash transfers boost support for the incumbent. Benefits mobilize Afro-Brazilians to participate but have little effect on their vote choice. By contrast, benefits have little effect on whites' participation but persuade them to support the PT over the opposition. This article deepens understanding of how social benefits affect the electoral behavior of recipients and highlights how race shapes political behavior among the poor.

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Whither Clientelism? Good Governance and Brazil's <I>Bolsa Família</I> Program

Cited by 139 publications

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Pathways to Citizen Accountability: Brazil’s Bolsa Família

Pathways to Citizen Accountability: Brazil’s Bolsa Família

Beneficiários do Programa Bolsa Família: relações com as finanças e impacto na satisfação global de vida

The Racialized Effects of Social Programs in Brazil

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