Infrastructuring Aid: Materializing Social Protection in Northern Kenya

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dc.contributor.authorDonovan, Kevin
dc.date.accessioned2016-05-05T09:23:15Z
dc.date.available2016-05-05T09:23:15Z
dc.date.issued2013
dc.date.updated2016-05-05T07:23:30Z
dc.description.abstractIn numerous African countries, humanitarian and development organizations - as well as governments - are expanding expenditures on social protection schemes as a means of poverty alleviation. These initiatives, which typically provide small cash grants to poor households, are often considered particularly agreeable for the simplicity of their administration and the feasibility of their implementation. This paper examines the background work required to deploy social protection in one especially remote area: the margins of postcolonial Kenya. Specifically, it documents the often-overlooked social and technical construction of the infrastructure necessary so that cash transfers may function with the ease and simplicity for which they are commended. Attention to the practice of 'infrastructuring' offers insights into the tensions and politics of what is rapidly becoming a key form of transnational governance in the global south, especially the way in which market-based means and humanitarian ethics overlap.en_ZA
dc.identifier.apacitationDonovan, K. (2013). <i>Infrastructuring Aid: Materializing Social Protection in Northern Kenya</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR). Retrieved from http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19442en_ZA
dc.identifier.chicagocitationDonovan, Kevin <i>Infrastructuring Aid: Materializing Social Protection in Northern Kenya.</i> University of Cape Town ,Faculty of Humanities ,Centre for Social Science Research(CSSR), 2013. http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19442en_ZA
dc.identifier.citationDonovan, K. P. (2013). Infrastructuring aid: materializing social protection in Northern Kenya. University of Cape Town.en_ZA
dc.identifier.ris TY - Working Paper AU - Donovan, Kevin AB - In numerous African countries, humanitarian and development organizations - as well as governments - are expanding expenditures on social protection schemes as a means of poverty alleviation. These initiatives, which typically provide small cash grants to poor households, are often considered particularly agreeable for the simplicity of their administration and the feasibility of their implementation. This paper examines the background work required to deploy social protection in one especially remote area: the margins of postcolonial Kenya. Specifically, it documents the often-overlooked social and technical construction of the infrastructure necessary so that cash transfers may function with the ease and simplicity for which they are commended. Attention to the practice of 'infrastructuring' offers insights into the tensions and politics of what is rapidly becoming a key form of transnational governance in the global south, especially the way in which market-based means and humanitarian ethics overlap. DA - 2013 DB - OpenUCT DP - University of Cape Town LK - https://open.uct.ac.za PB - University of Cape Town PY - 2013 T1 - Infrastructuring Aid: Materializing Social Protection in Northern Kenya TI - Infrastructuring Aid: Materializing Social Protection in Northern Kenya UR - http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19442 ER - en_ZA
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dc.identifier.vancouvercitationDonovan K. Infrastructuring Aid: Materializing Social Protection in Northern Kenya. 2013 [cited yyyy month dd]. Available from: http://hdl.handle.net/11427/19442en_ZA
dc.languageengen_ZA
dc.publisher.departmentCentre for Social Science Research(CSSR)en_ZA
dc.publisher.facultyFaculty of Humanitiesen_ZA
dc.publisher.institutionUniversity of Cape Town
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