Essays about: "Cash Transfer"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 49 essays containing the words Cash Transfer.

  1. 1. Targeting the Poor Secondary Students for Stipend: Identifying the Gap between Policy and Implementation

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Chowdhury bdullah-Al-Baki; Farhana Akand; [2021-06-30]
    Keywords : Targeting; Conditional Cash Transfer; Poverty; Proxy Means Testing PMT ; Community-Based Targeting CBT ; Exclusion error; Inclusion error;

    Abstract : Well-designed and efficient poverty-based targeting methods are necessary for effectively identifying the poor households in poverty eradicating programs. This study investigates the ex-post implementation process and performance of two common targeting approaches - Proxy Means Test (PMT) and Community-Based Targeting (CBT)- to target the poor beneficiaries in a conditional cash transfer program in Bangladesh. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs on Educational Outcomes in Developing Countries. A Case Study: Bolsa Família in Brazil

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Alisa Buchstab; [2021]
    Keywords : Conditional Cash Transfer Program; Education; Bolsa Família; Brazil; Business and Economics; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Bolsa Família is one of the largest conditional cash transfer programs in the world. It provides cash transfers to poor households, conditional on human capital requirements such as minimum school attendance. READ MORE

  4. 3. Social Digital Currency and Basic Income – the Development Strategy of the Future? : A case study of social currency, basic income and local business in Maricá, Rio de Janeiro

    University essay from Stockholms universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Izabella Martins Grapengiesser; [2021]
    Keywords : social currency; community banks; the Palmas model; basic income; solidarity economy; Maricá; Rio de Janeiro; oil revenues; local development; Mumbuca;

    Abstract : This study is based on interviews with local business owners in the Brazilian municipality of Maricá, Rio deJaneiro, conducted in November 2021. The municipality receives royalties from the rich oil reserves that werefound in the bottom of the pre-salt area of the Atlantic Ocean, and has implemented a basic income programcalled Renda Básica de Cidadania (RBC). READ MORE

  5. 4. Optimal Time-Varying Cash Allocation

    University essay from KTH/Matematisk statistik

    Author : David Olanders; [2020]
    Keywords : Statistics; Applied Mathematics; Optimization; Cash Allocation; Network Theory; Mixed Integer Linear Program; Transaction Costs; Branch-and-Cut; Statistik; tillämpad matematik; optimering; kapitalallokering; nätverksteori; Mixed Integer Linear Program; transaktionskostnader; Branch-and-Cut;

    Abstract : A payment is the most fundamental aspect of a trade that involves funds. In recent years, the development of new payment services has accelerated significantly as the world has moved further into the digital era. This transition has led to an increased demand of digital payment solutions that can handle trades across the world. READ MORE

  6. 5. Between control and care : UNHCR and the use of biometrics

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Teologiska institutionen

    Author : Marie Smit; [2020]
    Keywords : biometrics; refugee management; cash transfer programmes; humanitarian innovation; accountability; experimentation; public-private partnerships; UNHCR;

    Abstract : In recent years, humanitarian organisations increasingly embraced biometric technologies to respond to refugee crises. Therefore, this thesis studied the features and effects of the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees’ (UNHCR) biometric cash transfer programme in Jordan. READ MORE