Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview (English)

Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are programs that transfer cash, generally to poor households, on the condition that those households make pre specified investments in the human capital of their children. This overview of the main report summarizes that there is good evidence that CCTs have improved the lives of poor people. Transfers generally have been well targeted to poor households, have raised consumption levels, and have reduced poverty...

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Ferreira,Francisco H. G.;

Fiszbein,Ariel;

Grosh,Margaret Ellen;

Keleher,Niall;

Olinto,Pedro;

Schady,Norbert Rudiger;

Skoufias,Emmanuel;
Document Date
2009/02/09
Document Type
Publication
Report Number
61390
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2011/04/27
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview
Keywords
effect of growth on poverty

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Ferreira,Francisco H. G.; Fiszbein,Ariel; Grosh,Margaret Ellen; Keleher,Niall; Olinto,Pedro; Schady,Norbert Rudiger; Skoufias,Emmanuel.

Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview (English). A World Bank policy research report Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/983221468139491900

Conditional cash transfers : reducing present and future poverty - overview (English)

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