Essays about: "bolsa"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 12 essays containing the word bolsa.

  1. 1. 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

  3. 2. Has the Green Grant Program Had an Impact on Conservation in Brazil?

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Graduate School

    Author : Bruno Teixeira Andrade; [2018-09-03]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : This study evaluates the effect of Green Grant program (Programa Bolsa Verde) on conservation outcomes in Brazil using data from a survey with beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries. No evidence of impact on logging was found across the treated samples and groups, as well as considering the different biomes. READ MORE

  4. 3. Vulnerability among children and youth in São Paulo. : A qualitative study of children living in a slum area, an occupied building and on the streets.

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/HHJ, Avd. för socialt arbete

    Author : Rebecca Beltramo; [2018]
    Keywords : ;

    Abstract : Children living in vulnerability as living on the street has been a well discussed issue for a long time. The importance of addressing the factors of why children are living in vulnerability along with what concrete actions that can be taken to help these children to a safer life have formed the ground for this study. READ MORE

  5. 4. Intergenerational Mobility and Education - Evidence from Latin America

    University essay from Göteborgs universitet/Institutionen för nationalekonomi med statistik

    Author : Linnéa Frid; Désirée Hermann; [2016-07-05]
    Keywords : intergenerational mobility; social mobility; inequality; education; Latin America; gender; ethnicity;

    Abstract : The main objective of this study is to investigate the extent of social mobility in Latin America. Using educational attainment as a proxy for socioeconomic status in 18 Latin American countries, this study estimates ordinary-least-squared regressions of the persistence of educational attainment across generations. READ MORE

  6. 5. Basic Income: A Comparative Study of Brazil and India

    University essay from Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

    Author : Aisha Hassan; [2016]
    Keywords : Basic Income; Brazil; India; Comparative Study; Business and Economics;

    Abstract : Do we know enough about Basic Income (BI) to support or discharge it? In this paper, two studies on the subject are reviewed in order to answer this question. One is the pilot study of Unconditional Basic Income in rural India (conducted by SEWA and UNICEF in 2011-2013) and the other is the Bolsa Escola/ Bolsa Familia program that was launched in Brazil in 1995 and is still ongoing. READ MORE