potential impacts. This study simulates the impact of alternative cash transfer programs on school attendance and poverty among … reduce child poverty and encourage school attendance. If means-testing is not feasible, then programs targeting the children … in households with at least three school-age children would provide a suitable second-best solution. Our findings suggest …

school attendance. We conclude that the largest impacts occur by targeting poor children. If this proves to be too … yield significant poverty reduction. With regard to improving school attendance, the same targeted groups generally provide … the biggest impacts as well, though the impacts on school attendance tend to be smaller than on poverty reduction. …