Essays about: "Conditional cash transfers"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 18 essays containing the words Conditional cash transfers.

  1. 1. Social Policy Assessment of the Gendered Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers in Argentina on Female Beneficiaries: A critical analysis of empowerment and emancipation.

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Sociologi

    Author : Madeleine Mae Belanger; [2022]
    Keywords : empowerment; emancipation; poverty; feminisation of obligation and responsibility; conditional cash transfers; Argentina; unfavourable inclusion; human capital; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Conditional cash transfers are a popular social policy across Latin America. Often focused on investments in early childhood education and care, the social policy requires conditionalities such as educational attainment and healthcare to achieve human capital development. 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. Cash is Queen - Impacts of conditional cash transfers on women’s empowerment

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Linn Hedman; Clara Leandersson; [2017]
    Keywords : Conditional Cash Transfers; Women’s Empowerment; Peru; Propensity Score Matching; Difference-in-Differences; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : This thesis investigates the causal effects of the Peruvian conditional cash transfer (CCT) program, Juntos, on women’s empowerment defined along the psychological and familial dimensions. Usually, the main goal of CCTs is to reduce poverty. READ MORE

  5. 4. Conditional Cash Transfer Programs and Inequality of Opportunity. A case study: Juntos in Peru

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

    Author : Patricia Festa Secanella; [2017]
    Keywords : Juntos; Inequality of opportunity; NBI; conditional cash transfers; Peru; Social Sciences;

    Abstract : Inequality of Opportunity has recently emerged in the development agenda. The unequal access to opportunities can reinforce poverty and inequality traps. Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs have consolidated as an important policy tool to fight against poverty. In addition, they have a great potential to equalize opportunities. READ MORE

  6. 5. Conditional and Unconditional Transfers : Remittances and the take-up of CCT programs in developing countries

    University essay from Uppsala universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

    Author : Viktor Sundman; [2016]
    Keywords : Conditional cash transfers; remittances; social assistance; human capital development;

    Abstract : This study examines the relationship between reception of remittances and CCT participation. Three hypotheses, predicting a negative relationship between remittances and CCTs, are presented. These are tested by logit regressions based on data from national household surveys from four Latin American countries. READ MORE