: The economic rationale for conditional cash transfers -- Design and implementation features of CCT programs -- The impact of CCTs on consumption poverty and employment -- The impact of CCT programs on the accumulation of human capital -- Conditional cash transfers : policy and design options

Preface -- Introduction -- Equity, inequality traps and institutions: a cross-disciplinary view / Anthony Bebbington, Anis Dani, Arjan de Haan and Michael Walton -- Inequality traps and institutionalized inequities -- Asset inequality and agricultural growth: how are patterns of asset inequality...

Globalisation is already a powerful force for poverty reduction as societies and economies around the world are becoming more integrated. Although this international integration presents considerable opportunities for developing countries, it also contains significant risks. Associated with...