Well-being is the ultimate goal of social protection that integrates both material
and social aspects. Most studies focus on material dimensions, and little attention
has been given to the social aspects of well-being. Further, outputs are commonly
used to assess the effectiveness of social protection, while insufficient attention
has been given to the outcomes and process evaluation. This study aims to
assess the effectiveness of social protection in ensuring well-being, comprising
human development and social cohesion. It adopts a result-oriented framework
that considers both outcome and process evaluation.
The study follows sequential mixed methods for assessing the effectiveness of
social protection programmes. Using a secondary dataset of six developing
countries (including Bangladesh) from 2002 to 2019 and employing a pooled OLS
model, this study shows that social protection expenditure increases the primary
(education) completion rate and reduces the child (under 5) mortality rate in
developing countries. It also reveals that the effect of social protection on education and health outcomes improves with governance efficacy and
operational competency. Using primary data collected through a quantitative
survey (n=400) from four districts of Bangladesh and employing the OLR model,
this study shows that social protection benefits positively affect informal and
formal networks and institutional trust and norms of behaviour. It also reveals that
the educational status of beneficiaries can mediate informal and formal networks,
interpersonal trust, and norms of reciprocity. The process evaluation has done
through 24 in-depth qualitative interviews with key stakeholders. By using content
analysis, this study recognises five "governance" and six "operational" issues that
can limit the effectiveness of social protection programmes. It also proposes a
model for the effective functioning of social protection programmes based on
empirical findings and justified by prevailing literature.
The study shows how effectively programmes are executed and how programmes
can be improved to achieve the goal. These findings have significant implications
for enhancing the development effectiveness of social protection programmes.
The policy directions can assist policymakers and development partners in taking
suitable policies to ensure the well-being of the poor and vulnerable people of
developing countries. / Government of the People's Republic of Bangladesh research grants,
National Academy for Planning and Development (NAPD)
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:BRADFORD/oai:bradscholars.brad.ac.uk:10454/19776 |
| Date | January 2022 |
| Creators | Salam, Mohammad A. |
| Contributors | Arora, Rashmi, Ambituuni, A., Analoui, Farhad, Morvaridi, Behrooz |
| Publisher | University of Bradford, Department of Peace Studies and International Development. Faculty of Management, Law and Social Sciences |
| Source Sets | Bradford Scholars |
| Language | English |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Thesis, doctoral, PhD |
| Rights | <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/"><img alt="Creative Commons License" style="border-width:0" src="http://i.creativecommons.org/l/by-nc-nd/3.0/88x31.png" /></a><br />The University of Bradford theses are licenced under a <a rel="license" href="http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/">Creative Commons Licence</a>. |
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