Cash Transfers in Context

“The book is recommendable for anyone interested in the recent proliferation of a seemingly globalised social policy, that, however, is here shown to have very different faces, logics and effects in different localities across the global South.”• Critical Social Policy

“This is a very interesting study of targeted cash transfers mainly from an anthropological perspective. While, as the authors point out, there is an abundant literature on such transfers (particularly in terms of ‘grey’ literature) most of this is heavily econometric and top-down rather than providing a more bottom-up perspective.…an innovative study which deserves a wide readership both amongst academics and policy makers working in the field.”• European Journal of Social Security

“Read this book for a thoughtful analysis of how models travel if you are interested in  institutional diffusion and  the globalisation of social policy…[It shows that] Anthropology can make a contribution to understanding the politics of aid and social policy.”• Anthrodendum

“This book has much to say to scholars, students and practitioners of development. It addresses a particular development model which is widely disseminated around the globe, neither aiming to endorse nor critique it in principle, but to examine how it actually works, or fails to work, in specific locations.”• Lindsay DuBois, Dalhousie University

“This book – the first collection of its kind – will make an important contribution to the literature on cash transfer programs. Many of the chapters are written by practitioners with in-depth knowledge of the communities they write about, which brings an on-the-ground perspective that is often missing from the literature.”• Linda Abarbanell, San Diego State University