Conditional cash transfer programmes
Subtitle: the recent experience in Latin America and the Caribbean
By: Simone Cecchini, Aldo Madariaga
Contributors: Madariaga, Aldo; United Nations. Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean
Series: Cuadernos de la CEPAL -- no. 95; Cuadernos de la CEPAL -- no. 95.
Publisher: United Nations; United Nations Publications
Published: 2011
Place of publication: [New York]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 208
ISBN-13: 9789211217575; 9789210551724
Subjects: Domestic Economic assistance; Transfer payments; Income maintenance programs; Poverty; Government policy
Description: "This publication analyzes the role played by conditional cash transfer (CCT) or "co-responsibility" programmes. These programmes are among the main instruments used over the past 15 years to combat poverty in the region and have attracted attention and been replicated beyond its borders. Their purpose is to halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty by developing human capacities in the most vulnerable families. To that end, they deliver direct monetary transfers, subject to certain conditionalities relating to school attendance and health checks. Thus, CCTs not only help to reduce income poverty but also contribute to human-capacity-building, a key asset for the sustainable development and progress of our societies."--Publisher website.
Notes: At foot of title: ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean) ; Sida (Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency)

"No de venta: E.11.II.G.55"--T.p. verso.

"LC/G.2497-P."--T.p. verso.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 193-208).

Also available in a PDF version via the internet.
Table of contents: title: General characteristics of conditional cash transfer programmes; title: Benefits and conditionalities; title: Investment and coverage; title: Impact; title: Institutional framework and sustainability; title: Final observations.