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Micro politics of Social Safety Net Programmes: The case of the Food‐For‐Work Programme in Bangladesh
Author(s) -
Kundo Hare Krisna
Publication year - 2018
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.12307
Subject(s) - safety net , beneficiary , politics , livelihood , work (physics) , poverty , subsidy , agency (philosophy) , economic growth , political science , social protection , business , economics , sociology , agriculture , engineering , social science , geography , mechanical engineering , archaeology , law
A number of studies have established that politics has a role in shaping and implementing Social Safety Net Programmes ( SSNP s) and, conversely, SSNP s also influence national or local politics. This study qualitatively analyzes the micro level political discourses of the Food‐For‐Work programme, one of the top 10 SSNP s in Bangladesh, using the concepts of access, institutions and agency under livelihood framework. The analysis of the findings reveals that the programme is not effective in terms of the stated objectives of reducing poverty, but rather serves the interest of political elites. Beneficiary access to the projects depends on categorical membership, ability to participate and gender, which lead the programme to be reduced to subsidized infrastructure projects.