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  1. 21. Do cash transfers have the ability to empower women? A case study on the Child Support Grant in South Africa

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Thea Holmlund; Saga Sohlman; [2016]
    Keywords : intra-household bargaining power; cash transfers; South Africa; empowerment of women; child support; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Cash transfer programs have been shown to be a successful tool in reducing poverty by multinational impact analysis. However, if they are able to affect gender dynamics remains a debated topic. READ MORE

  3. 22. 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/Sociologi

    Author : Maria Bruce; [2016]
    Keywords : Conditional Cash Transfer CCT ; Ghana; Livelihood Empowerment Against Poverty LEAP ; education; labor market; poverty; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : 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

  4. 23. Empowerment or burden? : A critical discourse analysis of gendered structures within Latin American Conditional Cash Transfer programmes

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Hanna Trolle; [2016]
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  5. 24. Social Protection in Kenya: The Use of Cash Transfer Programmes in Progressively Addressing Poverty and Vulnerability

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för samhällsstudier (SS)

    Author : Krystle Kabare; [2015]
    Keywords : Social Protection; Social Transfer Programmes; Cash Transfer; Human Rights Principles; Progressive Realisation; Capability Approach; Kenya;

    Abstract : This research study focuses on the social protection sector in Kenya, with a special emphasis on social assistance programmes. Although Kenya has made strides in terms of economic development and the improvement of access to education and healthcare, 45.9% of the population continues to survive on less than $1.25 a day. READ MORE

  6. 25. 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 Economics

    Author : Elan Swartz; [2015]
    Keywords : additionality; Amazon; Brazil; conservation reserves; economics; human-wellbeing; ICDP; impact evaluation; matching; program evaluation;

    Abstract : 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