| dc.description.abstract | The Government of Kenya has run pilot cash transfer programmes since 2004 and
formalised them as part of social protection policy in 2011. Subsequently, cash transfer
programmes have steadily been expanded. Three of the programmes being implemented in
all 290 constituencies have witnessed progressive increase in both the number of
beneficiaries and budgetary allocation. Across Africa, studies on the recent initiation and
expansion of social protection programmes (Nyambedha et al., 2003, UNICEF/UNAIDS,
2003; Handa and Stewart, 2008; Ikiara, 2009; UNAIDS, 2013) have overlooked the key role
of politics in shaping the social protection agenda (Hickey, 2007). This chapter explores
Kenya's cash transfer programmes as an indicator of the role of politics in the public policy
process. The analysis focuses on the interests, motivations and incentives of different … | en_US |
