Assisting the poor with cash : design and implementation of social transfer programs : L'aide aux pauvres en liquidite: creation et mise en place des programmes de transferts sociaux (French)

This paper surveys that cash transfers are the preferred means of assistance to the poor, or those who face a probable risk. There are few statutory cash assistance schemes in developing countries, and those that exist tend to convey a small entitlement. Statutory cash assistance and insurance schemes are more common in transition and middle-income states. Cash transfer programs are less likely to distort prices than in-kind transfer programs, and...

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Tabor,Steven R.;
Document Date
2002/02/01
Document Type
Working Paper (Numbered Series)
Report Number
25298
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2010/07/01
Doc Name
L'aide aux pauvres en liquidite: creation et mise en place des programmes de transferts sociaux
Keywords
Cash Transfer

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Tabor,Steven R..

Assisting the poor with cash : design and implementation of social transfer programs : L'aide aux pauvres en liquidite: creation et mise en place des programmes de transferts sociaux (French). Social Protection discussion paper series ; no. SP 0223 Washington, DC: World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/261981468782373343

Assisting the poor with cash : design and implementation of social transfer programs : L'aide aux pauvres en liquidite: creation et mise en place des programmes de transferts sociaux (French)

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