Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH conditional cash transfer programme

A Performance-based Conditional Cash Transfer Programme. a Qualitative Analysis

As one of the first pieces of published research on New York’s conditional cash transfer (CCT) programme, this paper presents the nuts-and-bolts of Opportunity New York City. It details the programme’s performance-based conditionalities, contrasts its different subcomponents, and compares its design and conception to that of its precursor CCT programmes in Latin America. Finally, the paper cons...

How school quality affects the success of a conditional cash transfer program Conditional cash transfer programs

Over the past decade, conditional cash transfer programs have been widely adopted in lowerand middle-income countries. Nearly every Latin American country has such a program, and pilot programs are being implemented in countries around the world, including locations in Sub-Saharan Africa, South Asia, and most recently, North America. There has been relatively consistent evidence that these prog...

Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on childhood mortality: a nationwide analysis of Brazilian municipalities.

BACKGROUND In the past 15 years, Brazil has undergone notable social and public health changes, including a large reduction in child mortality. The Bolsa Familia Programme (BFP) is a widespread conditional cash transfer programme, launched in 2003, which transfers cash to poor households (maximum income US$70 per person a month) when they comply with conditions related to health and education. ...

The impact of a conditional cash transfer programme on determinants of child health: evidence from Colombia.

OBJECTIVE Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes provide income to low-income families in return for fulfilling specific behavioural conditions. CCT have been shown to improve child health, but there are few systematic studies of their impact on multiple determinants of child health. We examined the impact of a CCT programme in Colombia on: (i) use of preventive health services; (ii) food c...

The impact of India’s JSY conditional cash transfer programme A replication study