Effects of the conditional cash transfer programme Bolsa Família on the character of indebtedness of peasant households in Bahia, Brazil

有条件现金转移计划 Bolsa Família 对巴西巴伊亚农户债务特征的影响

• 批准号: 267046302
• 负责人: Dr. Martin Fotta, Ph.D.
• 金额: --
• 依托单位: Czech Academy of Sciences
• 依托单位国家: 德国
• 项目类别: Research Grants
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 德国
• 起止时间: 2014-12-31 至 2019-12-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://gepris.dfg.de/gepris/projekt/267046302?language=en
• 关键词: Effects; conditional; cash; transfer; programme

The research concentrates on the effects of the Brazilian conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Família (Family Stipend) on the economy of rural households, particularly the character of household indebtedness. It analyses how household assets are created, managed and destroyed, how notions of investment and wealth redefined, and how intra-household relations rearranged as a consequence of policies that originate within an internationalized collective development repertoire. While studies based on quantitative data have shown positive results of the Stipend, a little research has been done on the dynamics of household indebtedness the program sets in motion. Novel forms of monetary and non-monetary debt are a result of the character of the programme, such as conditionality and regularity. Cash is normally given to mothers and enacts specific gender and generation dynamics. As a guaranteed monthly payment originating directly from the government, the Stipend can be turned into an asset: used as collateral in loans. It can facilitate participation in networks of solidarity. Lastly, the inclusion into the programme also leads to further financialisation of the poor. In the past two decades, conditional cash transfer programmes have been embraced by governments of states, development agencies and many academics as a mainstream poverty reduction measures. Since Bolsa Familia is the biggest and the most paradigmatic CCT programme in the world, the research is an important contribution to analysing the effects of conditional cash transfers on intra-household relationships. It goes beyond the decision-making in resource allocation by embedding household debt in local notions of worth and value, looking at how popular conceptions interact with formal arrangements. It is thus located within the broader theme of governance of poverty and current interest in debt and financialisation.

研究的重点是巴西有条件现金转移方案Bolsa Família（家庭津贴）对农村家庭经济的影响，特别是家庭负债的性质。它分析了家庭资产是如何创造、管理和销毁的，投资和财富的概念是如何重新定义的，家庭内部的关系是如何由于国际化的集体发展体系内产生的政策而重新安排的。虽然基于定量数据的研究显示了津贴的积极成果，但对该方案启动的家庭债务动态进行了少量研究。新形式的货币和非货币债务是该方案的特点造成的结果，如条件性和规律性。现金通常是给母亲的，并规定了特定的性别和世代动态。作为直接来自政府的有保证的每月付款，津贴可以变成一种资产：用作贷款的抵押品。它可以促进参与团结网络。最后，纳入该方案还导致穷人进一步金融化。在过去的二十年里，有条件现金转移支付方案已被各国政府、发展机构和许多学术界作为主流减贫措施接受。由于Bolsa Familia是世界上最大和最具代表性的有条件现金转移支付方案，这项研究对分析有条件现金转移支付对家庭内部关系的影响作出了重要贡献。它超越了资源分配的决策，将家庭债务嵌入当地的价值观念中，研究流行观念如何与正式安排相互作用。因此，它位于治理贫困和当前对债务和金融化的兴趣这一更广泛的主题之内。