Conditionality as targeting? : participation and distributional effects of conditional cash transfers (English)

Conditional cash transfer programs, whereby transfers to households are conditional on school attendance or health checkups, have become a widespread policy tool. They are viewed as a means of immediate poverty alleviation through the cash payments, and as a foundation of long-term poverty reduction through the emphasis on human capital formation. Because targeted transfers are usually conditioned on the consumption of normal goods, richer eligible...

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Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos;
Document Date
2017/01/11
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Policy Research Working Paper
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WPS7940
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1
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1
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World,
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Other,
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2017/01/11
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Disclosed
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Conditionality as targeting? : participation and distributional effects of conditional cash transfers
Keywords
Poverty and Equity

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Rodriguez Castelan,Carlos.

Conditionality as targeting? : participation and distributional effects of conditional cash transfers (English). Policy Research working paper|no. WPS 7940 Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/612891484142967946

Conditionality as targeting? : participation and distributional effects of conditional cash transfers (English)

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