Essays about: "Cash Transfer Programs"

Showing result 11 - 15 of 19 essays containing the words Cash Transfer Programs.

1. 11. Conditional Cash Transfers and Intimate Partner Violence among Mexican Couples: the Impact of Oportunidades on Psychological Abuse Prevalence

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Martina Garcia Aisa; [2014]
   Keywords : Oportunidades Progresa; contraceptives; intimate partner violence; decision-making power; conditional cash transfers; women; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Existing economic literature demonstrates that gender-oriented conditional cash transfer programs modify women’s economic opportunities and consequently, their power status within their households. Nonetheless, these studies are not conclusive in determining whether or not this improved position of power has the potential to significantly alter the chances of women to suffer from intimate partner violence. READ MORE

3. 12. Intrahousehold Resource Allocation and Women’s Power. The Effect of FAMILIAS EN ACCIÓN on Colombian Households.

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Author : Nadia Puerta Cavanzo; [2014]
   Keywords : Bargaining power; resource allocation; conditional cash transfer programs.; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : Familias en Acción, during more than a decade, has encouraged investments in human capital and children’s health in poor households in Colombia. The program has been able to benefit a wide range of population to such a great extent, that now the program has become a national public policy. READ MORE

4. 13. Mainstream Discourse: Contrasting Perspectives on CCT Programs and Gender Equality

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Author : Erik Broman; [2014]
   Keywords : Conditional cash transfer; governmentality; gender equality; World Bank; Overseas Development Institute; knowledge; Social Sciences;

   Abstract : With the deadline of the 2015 Millenium Development Goals approaching fast, developmental institutions are eager to identify which programs have made an impact and worth continuing as well as which have failed. There have been a number of programs conducted and evaluated in the last decade and now is the time to investigate where they can be improved and restructured. READ MORE

5. 14. An Evaluation of the Impacts of Bolsa Família on Schooling

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Author : Karin Sjöberg; Hanna Nilsson; [2013]
   Keywords : Conditional Cash Transfer; Bolsa Família; School Enrollment; Human Capital; Business and Economics;

   Abstract : Conditional cash transfer programs have been proven effective when aiming to decrease poverty and increase school enrollment among poor. The Brazilian conditional cash transfer program Bolsa Família is the largest program in the developing world and affect 13 million families in their everyday life. READ MORE

6. 15. What is the impact of community characteristics on conditional cash transfer programs?

   University essay from Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Author : Amanda Olsson; Emmi Östlund; [2012]
   Keywords : Education; Antipoverty; Development; Developing Countries;

   Abstract : Conditional cash transfers are a poverty reducing tool that has gained popularity due to its success in increasing school attendance in developing countries. The Mexican program Oportunidades is a role model for this kind of programs and it is therefore of interest for policymakers to transplant this program structure to other countries. READ MORE