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Author-Name: Kuss, Maria Klara
Author-Email: kuss@merit.unu.edu.
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Gassmann, Franziska
Author-Email: gassmann@merit.unu.edu.
Author-workplace-name: UNU-MERIT, Maastricht University
Author-Name: Mugumya, Firminus
Author-Email: fmugumya@chuss.mak.ac.ug
Author-workplace-name: Makerere University, Kampala, Uganda
Title: The relevance of local structures for economic multiplier effects of social 
	 pensions in Uganda
Abstract: This paper provides insights into the differences in economic multiplier 
	 effects of Social Cash Transfers in unequal structural settings. Using a 
	 qualitative approach and the case of Uganda's Senior Citizens Grant 
	 (SCG), the paper confirms that there are considerable differences in the 
	 scope of economic multipliers between structurally integrated and remote 
	 areas. Integrated communities are in a better position to access the 
	 secondary benefits of the SCG since they are better able to respond to 
	 the increased demand by recipients with higher value and more lucrative 
	 investments. Moreover, community members in integrated areas are also 
	 more likely to benefit from improvements of already existing 
	 infrastructures and services than community members in remote areas 
	 where at times growth-enhancing structures and services remain entirely 
	 absent. The paper concludes that the expansion of SCTs in low-income 
	 countries should be accompanied by measures that reduce pre-existing 
	 structural inequalities across areas.
Keywords: Social pension, cash transfer, economic multiplier, Sub-Sahara Africa, Uganda
Classification-JEL: H53, H55, I38, O15
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20180117
Number: 2018-004
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2018/wp2018-004.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2018004