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, and as a foundation of long-term poverty reduction through the emphasis on human capital formation. Because targeted transfers are usually conditioned on the consumption of normal goods, richer eligible...
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2017/01/11
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Document de travail de recherche sur les politiques
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WPS7940
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2017/01/11
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Disclosed
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Conditionality as targeting? : participation and distributional effects of conditional cash transfers
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Poverty and Equity