Politics and Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: Lessons from the Philippines

• Main Authors: Mendoza, Ronald U, Olfindo, Rosechin
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2016
• Subjects: Philippines; Conditional Cash Transfer; Poverty; Governance; Corruption; Patronage Politics; Patron-Client Relationship; Control and Accountability Mechanism; Public Affairs, Public Policy and Public Administration; Social Policy
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/asog-pubs/92; https://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=2841556
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

Poverty reduction programs are known as an effective instrument to produce electoral rewards. As such, they are generally politically appealing. But not all programs are the same from the perspective of a politician — some are more supportable than others. This article identifies the features of a c...