Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty /

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria. These criteria may include enrolling children into public schools, getting re...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Fiszbein, Ariel
Otros Autores: Schady, Norbert Rüdiger, 1967-, Ferreira, Francisco H. G.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Washington D.C. : World Bank, ©2009.
Colección:World Bank policy research report.
Temas:
Transfer payments > Latin America > Case studies.
Economic assistance, Domestic > Latin America > Case studies.
Poverty > Government policy > Latin America > Case studies.
Paiements de transfert > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Aide au développement économique régional > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
Pauvreté > Politique gouvernementale > Amérique latine > Études de cas.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > Public Policy > Economic Policy.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Government & Business.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Economic Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > Business Development.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Structural Adjustment.
BUSINESS & ECONOMICS > Development > General.
Economic assistance, Domestic
Poverty > Government policy
Transfer payments
Transferzahlung
Armut
Bekämpfung
Sozialhilfe
Assistência econômica > América latina.
Transferência de recursos > América latina.
Pobreza > América latina.
Latin America
Lateinamerika
Case studies
Case studies.
Études de cas.
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Descripción
Sumario:Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria. These criteria may include enrolling children into public schools, getting regular check-ups at the doctor's office, receiving vaccinations, or the like. They have been hailed as a way of reducing inequality and helping households break out of a vicious cycle whereby poverty is transmitted from one generation to another. Do these and other claims make sense? Are they supported by.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (xviii, 361 pages) : illustrations (some color), maps (some color)
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references (pages 329-350) and index.
ISBN:9780821373521
0821373528
1282012541
9781282012547
9786612012549
6612012544

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