Essays about: "Cash Transfer Programs"
Showing result 6 - 10 of 19 essays containing the words Cash Transfer Programs.
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6. CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS (CCTs), EDUCATION AND LABOR MARKETS: An inquiry into poverty reduction in Ghana through the Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty (LEAP) program
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate short term poverty and reduce intergenerational poverty by supplying targeted poor households with cash transfers contingent upon certain program parameters, such as school attendance for children. Evaluation on CCTs have found that such programs generally increase school enrolment and school attendance but its subsequent effect on labor market participation is only assumed without sufficient evidence. READ MORE
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7. The effect of integrated conservation and development programs in protected areas on human wellbeing : an empirical analysis of Brazil’s bolsa floresta programme
University essay from SLU/Dept. of EconomicsAbstract : Considering the current debate over which strategies are most effective in promoting environmental and human welfare in protected areas, we focus on Integrated Conservation and Development Programs, an approach which seeks to find ‘win-win’ outcomes by supporting environmentally sustainable and profitable income generating sources. Counter, the predominant literature, we measure program effectiveness in terms of human welfare, accounted for by relative changes in household income and asset growth. READ MORE
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8. What difference does cash do for children in emergency settings? : A literature review on what is required for unconditional cash programming to successfully mitigate negative coping mechanisms for Syrian refugee children living outside of camps in Jordan
University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionenAbstract : This research analyzes how, why and under what circumstances unconditional Cash Transfer Programs (CTP) could contribute to mitigating negative coping strategies for children and their families in emergency settings and what the main obstacles for successful programs are. More specifically, the research uses the context for Syrian refugees in Jordan as a case study and applies lessons learned from other CTPs. READ MORE
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9. Brazil Bolsa Familia Program: Analysing The Impact of The Conditionalities on School Enrolment, Health and Child Labor
University essay from Lunds universitet/SociologiAbstract : Abstract With high poverty and inequality rate, the Government in Brazil have adopted several social assistance programs and strategies in the fight against the ever growing rate of poverty and inequality within it’s population since the 1990s. In recent years, the Bolsa Familia Program have been a major social assistance program in Brazil, and the program have affected more than 13 million poor households in their everyday life. READ MORE
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10. Conditional Cash Transfers and Gender Equality: Short-Term Effects on Female Empowerment
University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionenAbstract : Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become an increasingly popular policy approach in the fight against poverty. In addition to their main goal of reducing poverty, CCT programs are also often claimed to have positive short-term impacts on beneficiary women. READ MORE
