Conditional cash transfer and education under neoliberalism in Nigeria: inequality, poverty and commercialisation in the school sector

Ogamba, Ikedinachi

doi:10.1080/03056244.2020.1771298

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“…Particularly in environments of low state capacity or weak existing infrastructure, conditions may necessitate the installation of new infrastructure or the implementation of accompanying programs to ensure that conditions are met. Enforcing conditionality related to public services requires that services are in place; schools may need to be built and staffed or health centers established (Baba-Ari et al 2018, Ogamba 2020. Conversations between donors, program architects, and government agencies, therefore, may extend far beyond the transactional distribution of benefits to the broader social and political landscape within which benefits are distributed.…”

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Social Protection and State–Society Relations in Environments of Low and Uneven State Capacity

Alik‐Lagrange

Dreier

Lake

et al. 2021

Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.

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Grounded in social-contractual ideas about relationships between the governed and those who govern, the provision of social benefits to citizens has historically been predicated on expectations of acquiescence to state authority. However, the rapid expansion of noncontributory social assistance in sub-Saharan Africa, often supported by global donors through technical assistance programs, raises myriad questions about the relationship between social protection and the social contract in fragile and low-capacity contexts. Focusing on sub-Saharan Africa, but drawing on the theoretical and empirical literature on social protection from around the world, this review parses out the redistributive, contractual, and reconstitutive effects of social protection programming on citizen–state relations. We argue that program features—including targeting, conditionality, accountability mechanisms, bureaucratic reach, and the nature and visibility of state–nonstate partnerships—interact dialectically with existing state–society relationships to engender different social contract outcomes for differently situated populations.

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Section: Conditionality and Accompanying Measuresmentioning

confidence: 99%

Social Protection and State–Society Relations in Environments of Low and Uneven State Capacity

Alik‐Lagrange

Dreier

Lake

et al. 2021

Annu. Rev. Polit. Sci.

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“…Financial incentives particularly the CCTs are increasingly becoming popular in African countries including Nigeria which aid in improving health services (13)(14)(15), other sectors (16,17) and poverty alleviation (18). The incentives also improve employee's performance (10), optimize the behavior of healthcare providers and their clients for maternal and neonatal health (12).…”

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Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on the Uptake of Maternal and Child Health Services in Nigeria: Insights From a Mixed-Methods Study

Ezenwaka

Manzano

Onyedinma

et al. 2021

Front. Public Health

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Background: Increasing access to maternal and child health (MCH) services is crucial to achieving universal health coverage (UHC) among pregnant women and children under-five (CU5). The Nigerian government between 2012 and 2015 implemented an innovative MCH programme to reduce maternal and CU5 mortality by reducing financial barriers of access to essential health services. The study explores how the implementation of a financial incentive through conditional cash transfer (CCT) influenced the uptake of MCH services in the programme.Methods: The study used a descriptive exploratory approach in Anambra state, southeast Nigeria. Data was collected through qualitative [in-depth interviews (IDIs), focus group discussions (FGDs)] and quantitative (service utilization data pre- and post-programme) methods. Twenty-six IDIs were conducted with respondents who were purposively selected to include frontline health workers (n = 13), National and State policymakers and programme managers (n = 13). A total of sixteen FGDs were conducted with service users and their family members, village health workers, and ward development committee members from four rural communities. We drew majorly upon Skinner's reinforcement theory which focuses on human behavior in our interpretation of the influence of CCT in the uptake of MCH services. Manual content analysis was used in data analysis to pull together core themes running through the entire data set.Results: The CCTs contributed to increasing facility attendance and utilization of MCH services by reducing the financial barrier to accessing healthcare among pregnant women. However, there were unintended consequences of CCT which included a reduction in birth spacing intervals, and a reduction of trust in the health system when the CCT was suddenly withdrawn by the government.Conclusion: CCT improved the utilization of MCH, but the sudden withdrawal of the CCT led to the opposite effect because people were discouraged due to lack of trust in government to keep using the MCH services. Understanding the intended and unintended outcomes of CCT will help to build sustainable structures in policy designs to mitigate sudden programme withdrawal and its subsequent effects on target beneficiaries and the health system at large.

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Conditional cash transfer and education under neoliberalism in Nigeria: inequality, poverty and commercialisation in the school sector

Cited by 2 publications

References 34 publications

Social Protection and State–Society Relations in Environments of Low and Uneven State Capacity

Social Protection and State–Society Relations in Environments of Low and Uneven State Capacity

Influence of Conditional Cash Transfers on the Uptake of Maternal and Child Health Services in Nigeria: Insights From a Mixed-Methods Study

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