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dc.contributor.authorSkovdal, Morten
dc.contributor.authorMushati, Phyllis
dc.contributor.authorRobertson, Laura
dc.contributor.authorMunyati, Shungu
dc.contributor.authorSherr, Lorraine
dc.contributor.authorNyamukapa, Constance
dc.contributor.authorGregson, Simon
dc.date.accessioned2014-07-04T08:52:07Z
dc.date.available2014-07-04T08:52:07Z
dc.date.issued2013-04-15eng
dc.identifier.issn1471-2458
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/1956/8053
dc.description.abstractBackground: Cash transfer programmes are increasingly recognised as promising and scalable interventions that can promote the health and development of children. However, concerns have been raised about the potential for cash transfers to contribute to social division, jealousy and conflict at a community level. Against this background, and in our interest to promote community participation in cash transfer programmes, we examine local perceptions of a community-led cash transfer programme in Eastern Zimbabwe. Methods: We collected and analysed data from 35 individual interviews and three focus group discussions, involving 24 key informants (community committee members and programme implementers), 24 cash transfer beneficiaries, of which four were youth, and 14 non-beneficiaries. Transcripts were subjected to thematic analysis and coding to generate concepts. Results: Study participants described the programme as participatory, fair and transparent – reducing the likelihood of jealousy. The programme was perceived to have had a substantial impact on children’ s health and education, primarily through aiding parents and guardians to better cater for their children’s needs. Moreover, participants alluded to the potential of the programme to facilitate more transformational change, for example by enabling families to invest money in assets and income generating activities and by promoting a community-wide sense of responsibility for the support of orphaned and vulnerable children. Conclusion: Community participation, combined with the perceived impact of the cash transfer programme, led community members to speak enthusiastically about the programme. We conclude that community-led cash transfer programmes have the potential to open up for possibilities of participation and community agency that enable social acceptability and limit social divisiveness.en_US
dc.language.isoengeng
dc.publisherBioMed Centraleng
dc.rightsAttribution CC BYeng
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/2.0eng
dc.subjectCash transfereng
dc.subjectSocial protectioneng
dc.subjectIncentiveseng
dc.subjectChild healtheng
dc.subjectCommunity participationeng
dc.subjectHIV/AIDSeng
dc.subjectZimbabweeng
dc.titleSocial acceptability and perceived impact of a community-led cash transfer programme in Zimbabweeng
dc.typePeer reviewed
dc.typeJournal article
dc.date.updated2013-08-23T08:51:25Z
dc.description.versionpublishedVersion
dc.description.versionPeer Reviewed
dc.rights.holderCopyright 2013 Skovdal et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.
dc.rights.holderMorten Skovdal et al.; licensee BioMed Central Ltd.eng
dc.source.articlenumber342
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1186/1471-2458-13-342
dc.identifier.cristin1039899
dc.source.journalBMC Public Health
dc.source.4013


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