The Influence of Cash Transfers and Remittances on Children's Human Capital Accumulation

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dc.contributor.advisorHambly Odame, Helen
dc.contributor.authorDalton, Elijah Peter
dc.date.accessioned2020-07-24T20:57:04Z
dc.date.copyright2020-07
dc.date.created2020-04-03
dc.degree.departmentSchool of Environmental Design and Rural Developmenten_US
dc.degree.grantorUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.degree.nameMaster of Scienceen_US
dc.degree.programmeCapacity Development and Extensionen_US
dc.description.abstractCash transfers are a common aid intervention and many rural households rely on remittances, yet the links between these forms of support and children’s human capital accumulation in disaster-prone contexts are poorly understood. In this thesis I apply Checkland’s (2012) Soft Systems Methodology to explore the influence of cash transfers and remittances on children’s human capital accumulation in a case study of Madhepura District in Bihar, India. Data was collected through informal meetings, key informant interviews, surveys, and in-depth interviews. Cash transfers were found to influence children’s outcomes through direct spending, the avoidance of debt, and support of livelihood adaptation. The influence of remittance sending was shown to be dependent on whether it was preceded by distress migration or safe migration. Based on the findings I recommend making cash transfers more accessible and employing them for livelihood adaptation, as well as building capacity for local governance and financial institutions.en_US
dc.description.embargo2021-01-01
dc.description.sponsorshipShastri Indo-Canadian Institute - Shastri Research Student Fellowship
dc.description.sponsorshipIndian Government' Ministry of Human Resource Development
dc.description.sponsorshipQueen Elizabeth II GEST
dc.description.sponsorshipRichard and Sophia Hungerford Graduate Scholarship
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10214/18105
dc.language.isoenen_US
dc.publisherUniversity of Guelphen_US
dc.rightsAttribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International*
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/*
dc.subjectcash transfersen_US
dc.subjectremittancesen_US
dc.subjectchildrenen_US
dc.subjecthuman capital accumulationen_US
dc.subjectIndiaen_US
dc.subjectdisaster-proneen_US
dc.subjectrural developmenten_US
dc.titleThe Influence of Cash Transfers and Remittances on Children's Human Capital Accumulationen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
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