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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty / Ariel Fiszbein and Norbert Schady ; with Francisco H.G. Ferreira ... [et al.].

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Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty / Ariel Fiszbein and Norbert Schady ; with Francisco H.G. Ferreira ... [et al.].
Author
Fiszbein, Ariel.
Publication
Washington D.C. : World Bank, c2009.

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Additional Authors
  • Schady, Norbert Rüdiger, 1967-
  • Ferreira, Francisco H. G.
Description
xviii, 361 p. : ill. (some col.), maps (some col.); 24 cm.
Summary
Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are one of the most popular interventions in the social sectors in developing countries. This book provides an assessment, based on thorough research, of CCT programs as an instrument of social policy.
Series Statement
World Bank policy research report
Uniform Title
World Bank policy research report.
Subject
  • Transfer payments > Latin America > Case studies
  • Economic assistance, Domestic > Latin America > Case studies
  • Poverty > Government policy > Latin America > Case studies
Genre/Form
Case studies
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references (p. 329-350) and index.
Processing Action (note)
  • committed to retain
Contents
Introduction -- The economic rationale for conditional cash transfers -- Design and implementation features of CCT programs -- The impact of CCTs on consumption poverty and employment -- The impact of CCT programs on the accumulation of human capital -- CCTs : policy and design options.
ISBN
  • 9780821373521
  • 0821373528
  • 9780821373538 (electronic)
  • 0821373536 (electronic)
LCCN
^^2008047645
OCLC
  • 271104749
  • SCSB-12028711
Owning Institutions
Harvard Library