Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments

In a mix of responses to the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-9, some developing countries have introduced new safety-net programmes, while others have modified and/or expanded existing ones. Many have introduced conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in recent years, and these have been used as...

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Main Authors:	Fiszbein, Ariel, Ringold, Dena, Srinivasan, Santhosh
Format:	Journal Article
Language:	EN
Published:	2012
Subjects:	Financial Crises G010 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160
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spelling	okr-10986-57422021-04-23T14:02:23Z Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments Fiszbein, Ariel Ringold, Dena Srinivasan, Santhosh Financial Crises G010 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 In a mix of responses to the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-9, some developing countries have introduced new safety-net programmes, while others have modified and/or expanded existing ones. Many have introduced conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in recent years, and these have been used as an important starting point for a response. This article aims to describe these various experiences with CCTs, to distil lessons about their effectiveness as crisis-response programmes for households with children, to identify design features that can facilitate their ability to respond to transient poverty shocks, and to assess how they can complement other safety-net programmes. 2012-03-30T07:34:19Z 2012-03-30T07:34:19Z 2011 Journal Article Development Policy Review 09506764 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/5742 EN http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/igo World Bank Journal Article
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topic	Financial Crises G010 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160
spellingShingle	Financial Crises G010 Taxation and Subsidies: Externalities Redistributive Effects Environmental Taxes and Subsidies H230 Welfare and Poverty: Government Programs Provision and Effects of Welfare Programs I380 Fertility Family Planning Child Care INTERDISCIPLINARY RESEARCH AREAS :: Children Youth J130 Microeconomic Analyses of Economic Development O120 Economic Development: Human Resources Human Development Income Distribution Migration O150 Economic Development: Financial Markets Saving and Capital Investment Corporate Finance and Governance O160 Fiszbein, Ariel Ringold, Dena Srinivasan, Santhosh Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments
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description	In a mix of responses to the food, fuel, and financial crises of 2008-9, some developing countries have introduced new safety-net programmes, while others have modified and/or expanded existing ones. Many have introduced conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in recent years, and these have been used as an important starting point for a response. This article aims to describe these various experiences with CCTs, to distil lessons about their effectiveness as crisis-response programmes for households with children, to identify design features that can facilitate their ability to respond to transient poverty shocks, and to assess how they can complement other safety-net programmes.
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author	Fiszbein, Ariel Ringold, Dena Srinivasan, Santhosh
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title	Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments
title_short	Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments
title_full	Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments
title_fullStr	Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments
title_full_unstemmed	Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments
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