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Direct or Mediated Relationships? Civic Involvement and Social Accountability in the Bolsa Família Programme

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programmes are key to reducing the effects of the economic crisis among the poor in Latin America. Their implementation, however, entails two risks: an increase in political clientelism (exchange of votes for favours) and the widening of the power gap between the poor population and local authorities. In order to gain access to the programme and receive financial aid, families rely on the authorities in charge of registering beneficiaries and checking compliance with conditionalities. As a result, government actors enjoy a better power position at the local level and/or are able to ask for political support in return.

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Posted at 12:11PM Feb 12, 2010 by IPC in Social Protection and CCTs  |  Comments[0]