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1. The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda
abstractIn 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling out a social pension programme, and increasing its own contribution to it. This was driven by the highly politicized efforts of a transnational policy coalition, led by international donors and national bureaucrats. It was a struggle over ideas as well as resources, with this coalition having to overcome strong resistance from Finance Ministry tendencies until the policy coalition started 'thinking and working politically' to help align the social protection agenda with Uganda's shifting political settlement dynamics. Government's apparent commitment to social protection remains meagre; only a tiny proportion of Uganda's poor will benefit. The evidence presented here raises serious concerns regarding the developmental character of Uganda's contemporary political settlement and the costs of the 'going with the grain' motif of the new 'thinking and working politically' agenda. Aligning policy agendas with dominant interests and ideas may render interventions politically acceptable while further embedding clientelist logics and doing little to address distributional problem.
Hickey, Sam; Bukenya, Badru;2016
Type: Arbeitspapier; Working Paper; Graue Literatur; Non-commercial literature;
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2. The politics of inclusive development : interrogating the evidence
abstractThis collection brings together internationally-renowned experts to offer a comprehensive review of how politics shapes inclusive development in the global south. Each aspect of development is covered: social, economic, environmental and cultural, with each substantive chapter offering a systematic review of the evidence in the relevant field.
Hickey, Sam; Sen, Kunal; Bukenya, Badru;2015
Type: Aufsatzsammlung; Beiträge
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Citations: 39 (based on OpenCitations)
3. The Shifting Fortunes of the Economic Technocracy in Uganda : Caught Between State-Building and Regime Survival?
abstractUganda's impressive levels of economic growth over most of the past three decades have often been linked to the performance of its economic technocracy, particularly the government's high-powered Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (MFPED). This paper argues that MFPED (or parts thereof) can indeed be seen as ‘pockets of effectiveness', with the Ministry often managing to deliver effectively on its mandate, in a context in which this is not the norm. This can be explained in part by the functional and legally mandated nature of some of the tasks that MFPED delivers and in part by the strong levels of international support and oversight. However, we also find that MFPED's performance has varied considerably over time, despite these favourable factors, particularly in terms of its capacity to control the budgetary process and public expenditure. This variation can be traced to shifts within Uganda's political settlement, which moved from being broadly ‘dominant-developmental' to ‘vulnerable-populist' in character from the early 2000s onwards. This shift profoundly altered the ‘embedded autonomy' that MFPED had previously enjoyed with regards its relationship with State House, in ways that have undermined MFPED's capacity to deliver on its mandate. Despite efforts to regain both power and autonomy in recent years, MFPED remains subject to the politics of regime survival in Uganda, in ways that undermine its effectiveness. Whilst this may loosen the hold of neoliberal economic governance in Uganda and enable alternative perspectives to emerge, the more immediate effects have been to damage prospects for policy coherence and economic growth in the country
Bukenya, Badru; Hickey, Sam;2019
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Citations: 3 (based on OpenCitations)
4. The Shifting Fortunes of the Economic Technocracy in Uganda : Caught Between State-Building and Regime Survival?
abstractUganda's impressive levels of economic growth over most of the past three decades have often been linked to the performance of its economic technocracy, particularly the government's high-powered Ministry of Finance, Economic Planning and Development (MFPED). This paper argues that MFPED (or parts thereof) can indeed be seen as ‘pockets of effectiveness', with the Ministry often managing to deliver effectively on its mandate, in a context in which this is not the norm. This can be explained in part by the functional and legally mandated nature of some of the tasks that MFPED delivers and in part by the strong levels of international support and oversight. However, we also find that MFPED's performance has varied considerably over time, despite these favourable factors, particularly in terms of its capacity to control the budgetary process and public expenditure. This variation can be traced to shifts within Uganda's political settlement, which moved from being broadly ‘dominant-developmental' to ‘vulnerable-populist' in character from the early 2000s onwards. This shift profoundly altered the ‘embedded autonomy' that MFPED had previously enjoyed with regards its relationship with State House, in ways that have undermined MFPED's capacity to deliver on its mandate. Despite efforts to regain both power and autonomy in recent years, MFPED remains subject to the politics of regime survival in Uganda, in ways that undermine its effectiveness. Whilst this may loosen the hold of neoliberal economic governance in Uganda and enable alternative perspectives to emerge, the more immediate effects have been to damage prospects for policy coherence and economic growth in the country
Bukenya, Badru; Hickey, Sam;2019
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Citations: 3 (based on OpenCitations)
5. The politics of promoting social protection in Uganda : a comparative analysis of social cash transfers and social health insurance
Bukenya, Badru; Hickey, Sam;2019
Type: Aufsatz im Buch; Book section;
6. Dominance and deals in Africa : how politics shapes Uganda's transition from growth to transformation
Bukenya, Badru; Hickey, Sam;2018
Type: Aufsatz im Buch; Book section;
7. The Politics of Promoting Social Cash Transfers in Uganda
abstractIn 2015 the Government of Uganda agreed to start rolling out a social pension programme across the country and to increase its own financial contribution to this. This outcome was largely driven by the decade-long and highly politicised efforts of a transnational policy coalition, led by mainly by international donors and national bureaucrats. This was a struggle over ideas as well as incentives and resources, with this coalition having to overcome strong resistance from the Finance Ministry tendency and wider notions of deservingness, dependency and affordability. This resistance largely held until the policy coalition started ‘thinking and working politically' in ways that helped align the social protection agenda with Uganda's shifting political settlement dynamics, particularly the President's increased susceptibility to pressures from below in the context of populist patronage and multi-party elections. Nonetheless, government's apparent commitment to social protection remains meagre and even after the roll-out only a tiny proportion of Uganda's poor will benefit from this small transfer. Whether cash transfers will amount to more than another form of vote-buying clientelism remains to be seen. The evidence presented here raises serious concerns regarding both the developmental character of Uganda's contemporary political settlement and also the costs of the ‘going with the grain' motif of the new thinking and working politically agenda. Aligning policy agendas with dominant interests and ideas may render interventions politically acceptable whilst further embedding clientelist logics and doing little to address distributional problems
Hickey, Sam; Bukenya, Badru;2017
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Citations: 2 (based on OpenCitations)
8. The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda
Hickey, Sam; Bukenya, Badru;2016
Type: Working Paper;
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Link 9. From social accountability to a new social contract? : the role of NGOs in protecting and empowering PLHIV in Uganda
Bukenya, Badru;2016
Type: Aufsatz in Zeitschrift; Article in journal;
Availability: Link
Citations: 14 (based on OpenCitations)
10. The politics of promoting social cash transfers in Uganda : The potential and pitfalls of “thinking and working politically”
Hickey, Sam; Bukenya, Badru;2020
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Citations: 9 (based on OpenCitations)