Social funds: a review of the issues

White, Howard

doi:10.1002/jid.902

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“…In line with the latest literature on the demand-driven approach, our study points to projectdesign factors together with the wider socio-economic environment in which the programmes are implemented (Dagupta and Beard, 2007;Fritzen, 2007). Moreover, unlike some authors, 3 we base our conclusions on first-hand statistical analyses of programmes' distributional patterns rather than syntheses of secondary material (such as White, 2002;Mansuri and Rao, 2004).…”

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The design of decentralised demand‐driven programmes and equity: Learning from implementation in Malawi councils

Schou¹,

Tsoka²

2010

J of Intl Development

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This paper analyses demand-driven development programmes and spatial equality. If focuses on two programme design aspects that are assumed to have a bearing on equality: the degree to which they are demand-driven and the degree to which they are integrated in to local councils' operations. The lesson from Malawi is that the demand-driven logic matters; the most demand-driven programme had the most unequal spatial sharing of benefits among sub-district units. The level of integration, however, was less significant. Because of weak downwards accountability there was no more equality concern in the most integrated programmes than in the loosely integrated one. These findings illustrate that equality improvement depends on not only design factors but on the accountability of the programmes to the wider community. Copyright © 2009 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

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The design of decentralised demand‐driven programmes and equity: Learning from implementation in Malawi councils

Schou¹,

Tsoka²

2010

J of Intl Development

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“…Critics of social funds argue that communities with greater resources have a greater likelihood of being successful in attaining funding (White, 2002). Indeed, the initiative to obtain CDD funds has been found to be frequently driven by ''prime movers '' (Caravalho & White, 2004: 154).…”

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A theory-based evaluation of a community-based funding scheme in a disadvantaged suburban city area

Hickey

McGilloway

O'Brien

et al. 2015

Evaluation and Program Planning

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“…The two most important review articles are White, 2002 andMansuri andRao, 2004. See also Conning andKevane, 2002 andMoockerjee, 2005.…”

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“…Distributional Equity and Social Funds Resources: The Challenge of Intra-district Targeting It is well documented that social funds that use the community-based targeting mechanism reach the poor and the poorest of the poor on a national scale (White, 2002;Mansuri and Rao, 2004). However, it is not clear how fairly distributed the funds are within sub-national geographical boundaries (regions, districts, etc.).…”

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Demand-driven Poverty Programmes and Elite Capture in Malawi: Between Prebendalism and Benevolence

Schou

2007

Eur J Dev Res

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This paper challenges a widespread assumption in recent research on demand-driven development programmes according to which the main obstacle to successfully reaching the extreme poor lies in kleptocratic behaviour among elites. In the case of Malawi's social funds, it is found that programme funds were relatively equally distributed across regions and districts and that the elite capture at these levels was minimal. At sub-district levels, however, there were grave inequalities between traditional authority areas. This distributional pattern clearly bears witness to an active developmental role of traditional authorities in these areas - partly controlling for these areas' size, socio-economic status and closeness to the project headquarters. In the concluding part, I discuss the developmental role - in terms of benevolence and prebendalism - of traditional authorities at community level and point towards areas needing further research. Cet article met en question une hypoth�se largement r�pandue dans les recherches r�centes sur les programmes de d�veloppement ax�s sur la demande, selon laquelle le principal obstacle emp�chant d'atteindre les tr�s pauvres consisterait en des comportements 'cleptocrates' parmi les �lites. Dans le cas des fonds sociaux du Malawi, il appara�t que les fonds des programmes ont �t� distribu�s de fa�on relativement �quitable � travers les r�gions et les districts et qu'� ces niveaux l'accaparement par les �lites a �t� minime. Au niveau des sous-districts, cependant, se sont produites de graves in�galit�s entre les zones d'autorit� traditionnelles. Ce mod�le distributif atteste clairement le r�le actif que jouent les autorit�s traditionnelles en termes de d�veloppement - en contr�lant en partie la taille de ces r�gions, leur statut socio-�conomique et leur proximit� du si�ge du projet. Pour conclure, j'examine le r�le dans le d�veloppement - en termes de charit� et de 'pr�bendalisme' - jou� par les autorit�s traditionnelles au niveau de la communaut� et montre les domaines n�cessitant de plus amples recherches.

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Social funds: a review of the issues

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Cited by 13 publications

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The design of decentralised demand‐driven programmes and equity: Learning from implementation in Malawi councils

The design of decentralised demand‐driven programmes and equity: Learning from implementation in Malawi councils

A theory-based evaluation of a community-based funding scheme in a disadvantaged suburban city area

Demand-driven Poverty Programmes and Elite Capture in Malawi: Between Prebendalism and Benevolence

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