End of cash-for-player transfers in football?

Conditional Cash Transfers for Maternal Health Interventions: Factors Influencing Uptake in North-Central Nigeria

Background Nigeria accounts for a significant proportion of global maternal mortality figures with little progress made in curbing poor health indices. In a bid to reverse this trend, the Government of Nigeria initiated a conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme to encourage pregnant women utilize services at designated health facilities. This study aims to understand experiences of women who ...

Perspectives on Cash Transfers

may 21, 2011 vol xlvi no 21 EPW Economic & Political Weekly 80 deciles with the amount of subsidy received, i e, Rs 2.06 per kg. For scenario 4, just like scenario 2, we first calculated the transfer amount by multiplying the total grain that is to be distributed under the NAC proposal with the economic cost incurred by the government, and subtracted this figure from the revenues generated. We ...

Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers

We carry out a systematic review of studies on CCTs that report maternal and newborn health outcomes, including studies from eight countries. We find that CCTs have increased antenatal visits, skilled attendance at birth, delivery at a health facility, and tetanus toxoid vaccination for mothers, and reduced the incidence of low birth weight. The programs have not had a significant impact on fer...

A Philosophical Framework for Conditional Cash Transfers

Cash Transfers and Child Labour

Cash Transfers and Child Labour Cash transfer programs are widely used in settings where child labour is prevalent. Even if many of these programs are explicitly implemented to improve children’s welfare, in theory their impact on child labour is undetermined. This paper systematically reviews the empirical evidence on the impact of cash transfers, conditional and unconditional, on child labour...