Bastagli, Francesca (2011) Conditional cash transfers as a tool of social policy. Economic and political weekly, 46 (21). pp. 61-66. ISSN 0012-9976
Abstract
The design of public cash transfers involves a careful balancing of policy priorities and objectives. Variations in the rationale for a conditional cash transfer shape benefit amounts, coverage, duration of programme participation, targeting practices and the definition of conditionality. Drawing on the experience of low- and middle-income countries in Latin America, this article highlights differences in the design of CCTs and the central issues and trade-offs associated with income transfers, targeting and conditionality. It also reviews the evidence on the impact of CCTs on income poverty, service utilisation and outcomes in education and health.
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| Additional Information: | © 2011 Economic and Political Weekly |
| Library of Congress subject classification: | H Social Sciences > HJ Public Finance |
| Sets: | Research centres and groups > Suntory and Toyota International Centres for Economics and Related Disciplines (STICERD) Research centres and groups > Centre for Analysis of Social Exclusion (CASE) |
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| URL: | http://eprints.lse.ac.uk/36720/ |
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