Tom Lavers is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development at the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute. His research focuses on the politics of social policy, agrarian transformation, infrastructure, and state-society relations. He was one of the editors of the 2019 book, The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa. He has previously published on the politics of social protection and other issues in leading journals, including African Affairs, Development and Change, Geoforum, the Journal of Agrarian Change, the Journal of Peasant Studies, Social Science and Medicine, and World Development.

• Part I: Researching the Distributional Politics of Social Transfers 1: Tom Lavers: The Global Spread of Social Transfers and the Challenge of Distribution 2: Tom Lavers: The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers Part II: Dominant-Developmental Cases in Africa 3: Tom Lavers: State Infrastructural Power and Social Transfers: The Local Politics of Distribution and Delivering 'Progress' in Ethiopia 4: Timothy P. Williams, Syvlestre Nzahabwanayo, Tom Lavers, and Eric Ndushabandi: Distributing Social Transfers in Rwanda: The Case of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) Part III: Competitive-Distributive Cases in Africa 5: Edward Ampratwum: Uneven Targeting of Cash Transfers: Local Party-political Competition and State Infrastructural Power in the Implementation of Social Protection in Ghana 6: Alesha Porisky: The Distributional Politics of Social Transfers in Kenya Part IV: Universalistic-Inclusive Cases in South Asia 7: Naomi Hossain: The Politics of Distributing Social Protection in Bangladesh: Insights From the Primary Education Stipends Project 8: Uma Pradhan, Deepak Thapa, Jeevan Baniya, Yangchen Gurung, Sanjay Mahato, and Indrajit Roy: The Politics of Social Protection in Nepal: State Infrastructural Power and Implementation of the Scholarship Programme Part V: Comparative Analysis 9: Tom Lavers: The intersection of state infrastructural power and power relations in the distribution of social transfers: A comparative analysis

Tom Lavers is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development at the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute. His research focuses on the politics of social policy, agrarian transformation, infrastructure, and state-society relations. He was one of the editors of the 2019 book, The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa. He has previously published on the politics of social protection and other issues in leading journals, including African Affairs, Development and Change, Geoforum, the Journal of Agrarian Change, the Journal of Peasant Studies, Social Science and Medicine, and World Development.

• Part I: Researching the Distributional Politics of Social Transfers 1: Tom Lavers: The Global Spread of Social Transfers and the Challenge of Distribution 2: Tom Lavers: The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers Part II: Dominant-Developmental Cases in Africa 3: Tom Lavers: State Infrastructural Power and Social Transfers: The Local Politics of Distribution and Delivering 'Progress' in Ethiopia 4: Timothy P. Williams, Syvlestre Nzahabwanayo, Tom Lavers, and Eric Ndushabandi: Distributing Social Transfers in Rwanda: The Case of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) Part III: Competitive-Distributive Cases in Africa 5: Edward Ampratwum: Uneven Targeting of Cash Transfers: Local Party-political Competition and State Infrastructural Power in the Implementation of Social Protection in Ghana 6: Alesha Porisky: The Distributional Politics of Social Transfers in Kenya Part IV: Universalistic-Inclusive Cases in South Asia 7: Naomi Hossain: The Politics of Distributing Social Protection in Bangladesh: Insights From the Primary Education Stipends Project 8: Uma Pradhan, Deepak Thapa, Jeevan Baniya, Yangchen Gurung, Sanjay Mahato, and Indrajit Roy: The Politics of Social Protection in Nepal: State Infrastructural Power and Implementation of the Scholarship Programme Part V: Comparative Analysis 9: Tom Lavers: The intersection of state infrastructural power and power relations in the distribution of social transfers: A comparative analysis

Tom Lavers is a Senior Lecturer in Politics and Development at the University of Manchester's Global Development Institute. His research focuses on the politics of social policy, agrarian transformation, infrastructure, and state-society relations. He was one of the editors of the 2019 book, The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa. He has previously published on the politics of social protection and other issues in leading journals, including African Affairs, Development and Change, Geoforum, the Journal of Agrarian Change, the Journal of Peasant Studies, Social Science and Medicine, and World Development.

• Part I: Researching the Distributional Politics of Social Transfers 1: Tom Lavers: The Global Spread of Social Transfers and the Challenge of Distribution 2: Tom Lavers: The Politics of Distributing Social Transfers Part II: Dominant-Developmental Cases in Africa 3: Tom Lavers: State Infrastructural Power and Social Transfers: The Local Politics of Distribution and Delivering 'Progress' in Ethiopia 4: Timothy P. Williams, Syvlestre Nzahabwanayo, Tom Lavers, and Eric Ndushabandi: Distributing Social Transfers in Rwanda: The Case of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP) Part III: Competitive-Distributive Cases in Africa 5: Edward Ampratwum: Uneven Targeting of Cash Transfers: Local Party-political Competition and State Infrastructural Power in the Implementation of Social Protection in Ghana 6: Alesha Porisky: The Distributional Politics of Social Transfers in Kenya Part IV: Universalistic-Inclusive Cases in South Asia 7: Naomi Hossain: The Politics of Distributing Social Protection in Bangladesh: Insights From the Primary Education Stipends Project 8: Uma Pradhan, Deepak Thapa, Jeevan Baniya, Yangchen Gurung, Sanjay Mahato, and Indrajit Roy: The Politics of Social Protection in Nepal: State Infrastructural Power and Implementation of the Scholarship Programme Part V: Comparative Analysis 9: Tom Lavers: The intersection of state infrastructural power and power relations in the distribution of social transfers: A comparative analysis