Cecilia Hyunjung Mo

Les aides sociales peuvent stimuler la participation citoyenne. À Khayelitsha, au Cap, des femmes bénévoles s’organisent chaque semaine pour balayer les rues et améliorer leur cadre de vie. Photo : Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images

Comment les programmes de lutte contre la pauvreté renforcent la confiance entre citoyens et Etat

Les transferts sociaux ne fonctionnent pas en vase clos. Ils peuvent renforcer la confiance ou l’éroder, consolider la cohésion ou alimenter le ressentiment.
Social grants can lead to greater community involvement. Women volunteers in Khayelitsha, Cape Town, meet weekly to sweep and clear rubbish off their streets. Photo by Gideon Mendel/Corbis via Getty Images

Anti‑poverty programmes can change how people see the state and each other

Social transfers don’t operate in a vacuum. They can strengthen trust or erode it, build cohesion or fuel resentment.
Women who work outside the home in Papua New Guinea often continue shouldering the same domestic and child care responsibilities as before. Rachel Gilbert and Gracie Rosenbach, IFPRI

Feeling relatively poor increases support for women in the workplace – but men still don’t want them making household decisions

A new study explores how feelings of relative poverty can negatively affect gender dynamics among households.
A voter drops off her election ballot at a drop box in Oregon. Richard Clement/REUTERS

Why Asian Americans don’t vote Republican

Asian Americans are the wealthiest, best-educated and fastest-growing segment of voters in the US. They are also increasingly voting Democratic.

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