Using technology to deliver social protection: exploring opportunities and risks
dc.contributor.author | Devereux, Stephen | * |
dc.contributor.author | Vincent, Katharine | * |
dc.contributor.editor | Eade, Deborah | en |
dc.date.accessioned | 2011-05-24T10:04:01Z | en |
dc.date.available | 2011-05-24T10:04:01Z | en |
dc.date.issued | 2010-05-01 | en |
dc.identifier.issn | 0961-4524 | en |
dc.identifier.doi | 10.1080/09614521003709940 | en |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10546/131108 | en |
dc.description | Providing cash transfers to vulnerable groups reduces vulnerability and chronic poverty; but delivering cash to remote, rural locations can be expensive and insecure. Alternative delivery systems using technology are thus being piloted. This article uses examples from southern Africa to highlight the opportunities and risks involved in using technology to deliver social protection, with particular focus on two schemes in Malawi. It concludes that there is great potential for the use of technology in delivering social protection, especially if employed at a national scale and taking advantage of the full spectrum of uses to ensure cost-efficiency.<p>This article is hosted by our co-publisher Taylor & Francis.</p> | en |
dc.format.extent | 13 | en |
dc.format.mimetype | en | |
dc.language.iso | English | en |
dc.publisher | Oxfam GB | en |
dc.publisher | Routledge | en |
dc.relation.url | http://policy-practice.oxfam.org.uk/publications/using-technology-to-deliver-social-protection-exploring-opportunities-and-risks-131108 | |
dc.subject | Approach and methodology | |
dc.subject | Economics | |
dc.title | Using technology to deliver social protection: exploring opportunities and risks | en |
dc.type | Journal article | en |
dc.identifier.eissn | 1364-9213 | en |
dc.identifier.journal | Development in Practice | en |
oxfam.signoff.status | For public use – can be shared outside Oxfam | en |
oxfam.subject.country | Malawi | en |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Development methods | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Finance | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | Development in Practice Journal | |
oxfam.subject.keyword | DiP | |
prism.number | 3 | en |
prism.volume | 20 | en |
dc.year.issuedate | 2010 | en |