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Heifer‐in‐trust, Social Protection and Graduation: Conceptual Issues and Empirical Questions
Author(s) -
Sumberg James,
Lankoandé Gountiéni Damien
Publication year - 2013
Publication title -
development policy review
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.671
H-Index - 61
eISSN - 1467-7679
pISSN - 0950-6764
DOI - 10.1111/dpr.12006
Subject(s) - livelihood , graduation (instrument) , livestock , asset (computer security) , social protection , tanzania , political science , business , economics , economic growth , agriculture , socioeconomics , geography , computer science , forestry , geometry , mathematics , computer security , archaeology
This article examines the ‘heifer‐in‐trust’ or ‘livestock‐in‐kind credit’ model through a social‐protection lens. Specifically it seeks to engage with debates about the use of asset‐based strategies to support graduation from social protection. Drawing on project experience with dairy goats in Ethiopia and dairy cattle in Tanzania, the article concludes that while the asset‐ness of livestock may in principle allow them to make a unique contribution to livelihood transformation and thus graduation, the most obvious target group is least likely to be able to handle the demands and risks associated with livestock assets.