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1. 11. The Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers on Work Incentives of the Mexican Rural Population: Does Oportunidades Create Income Dependency?

   Master-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Ekonomisk-historiska institutionen

   Författare :Jaime Arau Pontones; [2014]
   Nyckelord :work incentives; indigenous; propensity score matching; income dependency; Conditional Cash Transfers; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program “Oportunidades” has proven to be effective in improving access to education and health services for the poor in Mexico; however, the studies of the program’s impact on the work incentives of its rural indigenous participants are practically inexistent. For this reason, by applying a propensity score matching methodology, this research analyses the impact of Oportunidades on the labor supply of the indigenous and non-indigenous living in rural areas. LÄS MER

3. 12. Mainstream Discourse: Contrasting Perspectives on CCT Programs and Gender Equality

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Statsvetenskapliga institutionen

   Författare :Erik Broman; [2014]
   Nyckelord :Conditional cash transfer; governmentality; gender equality; World Bank; Overseas Development Institute; knowledge; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : With the deadline of the 2015 Millenium Development Goals approaching fast, developmental institutions are eager to identify which programs have made an impact and worth continuing as well as which have failed. There have been a number of programs conducted and evaluated in the last decade and now is the time to investigate where they can be improved and restructured. LÄS MER

4. 13. Equality of Opportunity in Argentina - A Case Study of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program "Universal Allocation per Child"

   Magister-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Nationalekonomiska institutionen

   Författare :Felicia Numhauser; [2013]
   Nyckelord :Conditional Cash Transfers; Universal Allocation per Child; Equality of Opportunity; Human Opportunity Index; Public Policy; Business and Economics;

   Sammanfattning : This study is an evaluation of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program Universal Allocation per Child (AUH) in Argentina as a policy to reduce inequality of opportunity among children. Creating a Human Development Index (HOI), as developed by Paes de Barros et al. LÄS MER

5. 14. Conditional Cash Transfers in the African Context: An Explorative Study on the Impacts of CCTs in Burkina Faso

   Kandidat-uppsats, Lunds universitet/Sociologi

   Författare :Anna Helena Malmi; [2012]
   Nyckelord :gender division of labor; poverty; conditional cash transfers; social policies; women’s empowerment; Social Sciences;

   Sammanfattning : The proliferation of poverty and global inequality between and within the countries has resulted in an emerging consensus among the actors in the field of international development on the importance of social policies in the process of development. One type of social policy measures employed to tackle poverty is Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT). LÄS MER

7. 15. What is the impact of community characteristics on conditional cash transfer programs?

   C-uppsats, Handelshögskolan i Stockholm/Institutionen för nationalekonomi

   Författare :Amanda Olsson; Emmi Östlund; [2012]
   Nyckelord :Education; Antipoverty; Development; Developing Countries;

   Sammanfattning : Conditional cash transfers are a poverty reducing tool that has gained popularity due to its success in increasing school attendance in developing countries. The Mexican program Oportunidades is a role model for this kind of programs and it is therefore of interest for policymakers to transplant this program structure to other countries. LÄS MER