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.

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Impact evaluation of the National Rural Livelihoods Project

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

Empirical assessment of EBRD’s COVID-19 response package bolstered recipient bank’s lending activities by providing essential liquidity support

Impacts of judicial reforms to address court congestion and delays in justice in the Philippines

Does microenterprise seed capital help the poor build sustainable livelihoods in the Philippines?

Impacts of a work support programme for youth on academic outcomes and employability in the Philippines

Impact evaluation of the National Rural Livelihoods Project

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