Conditionality as Targeting? : Participation and Distributional Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers

Conditionality as Targeting? : Participation and Distributional Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers

Conditional cash transfer programs, whereby transfers to households are conditional on school attendance or health checkups, have become a widespread policy tool. They are viewed as a means of immediate poverty alleviation through the cash payments...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Rodriguez-Castelan, Carlos
Format: Working Paper
Language:English
en_US
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:
cash transfers
social assistance
poverty
targeting
welfare program design
distributional effects
conditionality
Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612891484142967946/Conditionality-as-targeting-participation-and-distributional-effects-of-conditional-cash-transfers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25949

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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612891484142967946/Conditionality-as-targeting-participation-and-distributional-effects-of-conditional-cash-transfers
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25949

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