Conditional Cash Transfer : Programs an Effective Tool for Reaching the Poorest and Most Vulnerable

Vermehren, Andrea

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: AGED;    BASELINE SURVEYS;    BENEFICIARIES;    CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS;    CASH TRANSFERS;   

RP-ID  :  28434

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programsgive families cash to pay for basic health and schoolexpenses (if children attend school and regularly visithealth clinics).CCTs have two main objectives: to increaseincome and alleviate poverty in the short term, and to breakthe inter-generational cycle of poverty by increasing humancapital.Various situations have led to their creation indifferent countries.The World Bank (WB) supports CCTs inLatin America, Eastern Europe, the Middle-East and Far East.In 2002, the Bank's Latin American and Caribbean Regionand the Mexican government sponsored the first regionalworkshop on experiences with CCTs..This article summarizesthe lessons of experience in designing and operating CCTsshared by officials, donors and academics at the workshop.