Conditional cash transfer programmes: A magic bullet to improve people's health and education?

3ie Brief No. 02, May 2010

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCTs) provide cash to poor households who meet certain health and education conditions such as regular school attendance and health for children at the clinic. This model of intervention is spreading rapidly throughout the developing world. Over 17 countries, including Bangladesh, Brazil, Colombia, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Honduras, Indonesia, Jamaica, Malawi, Mozambique, Nicaragua, Pakistan, Palestine, Panama, and Paraguay, as well as New York City have a Mexican model cash transfer programme.