Template-type: ReDIF-Paper 1.0
Author-Name: Kuss, Maria Klara
Author-Email: kuss@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Author-Name: Llewellin, Patrick
Author-Email: patrick.llewellin@maxwellstamp.com
Author-Workplace-Name: Maxwell Stamp PLC
Author-Name: Gassmann, Franziska
Author-Email: gassmann@merit.unu.edu
Author-Workplace-Name: UNU-MERIT
Title: The economic impacts of a social pension on recipient households with unequal 
	 access to markets in Uganda
Abstract: This paper analyses the differences in the economic impacts of social 
	 cash transfers (SCT) on recipients in remote and integrated areas. Using 
	 a mixed methods-research design and the case of Uganda's Senior Citizens 
	 Grant (SCG), the paper confirms that structural circumstances (such as 
	 market access) shape the economic outcomes of cash transfers for 
	 recipients. The findings of our case study show that there are vital 
	 differences in the dominant function of the SCG between recipient 
	 households living in areas with unequal structural circumstances. 
	 Recipient households in integrated areas are more likely to exploit the 
	 promotive potential of SCTs, while recipient households in remote areas 
	 utilise the SCT in a more protective manner. However, the findings also 
	 indicate that at times even recipient households in integrated areas are 
	 unable to tap into the promotive potential of SCTs given the limitations 
	 associated with their age and fragility. 
Classification-JEL: H53, H55, I38
Keywords: Cash transfers, social pension, market access, livelihood 
	 outcomes, Uganda
Series: UNU-MERIT Working Papers
Creation-Date: 20180124
Number: 2018-071
File-URL: https://unu-merit.nl/publications/wppdf/2018/wp2018-006.pdf
File-Format: application/pdf
File-Size: 275 Kb
Handle: RePEc:unm:unumer:2018006