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Should cash transfers be confined to the poor? : implications for poverty and inequality in Latin America
Acosta, Pablo; Leite, Phillippe G.; Rigolini, Jamele - 2011
This paper compares for 13 Latin American countries the poverty and inequality impacts of cash transfer programs that … confined to the poor within each population group (that is, "poverty targeted" transfers). The analysis finds that both the … incidence of poverty and the depth of the poverty gap are important factors affecting the relative effectiveness of categorical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009383544
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The educational impacts of cash transfers for children with multiple indicators of vulnerability
Evans, David K.; Gale, Charles; Kosec, Katrina - 2020
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670906
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The gendered dimensions of social protection in the COVID-19 context
O'Donnell, Megan; Buvinić, Mayra; Bourgault, Shelby; … - Center for Global Development <Washington, DC> - 2021
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012670995
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Efficiency, legitimacy, and impacts of targeting methods : evidence from an experiment in Niger
Premand, Patrick; Schnitzer, Pascale - In: The World Bank economic review : WBER 35 (2021) 4, pp. 892-920
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012694527
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Do cash transfers foster resilience? : evidence from rural Niger
Premand, Patrick; Stoeffler, Quentin - 2020
Policy makers are increasingly interested in strategies to promote resilience and mitigate the effects of future climatic shocks. Cash transfer programs have had widely documented positive welfare impacts. They often also aim to offer protection against shocks, but their role in fostering...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012390669
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Rethinking social assistance amid the COVID-19 pandemic : Guaranteeing the right to income security in Ecuador
Jara, H. Xavier; Palacio Ludeña, María Gabriela - In: Journal of international development : the journal of … 36 (2024) 3, pp. 1738-1764
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014516466
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How to best fight poverty : the uneven ex-post effects of conditional and unconditional cash transfers on labor earnings
Aparicio Fenoll, Ainoa; Quaranta, Roberto - 2022
Programs to fight poverty aim at allowing individuals to support themselves ex-post, when they are not part of the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10013429171
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The impact of conditional cash transfer programmes on household work decisions in Ghana
Ekobor-Ackah Mochiah, Eric; Osei, Robert Darko; … - 2014
A cash transfer programme 'Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty' has been implemented with the aim of addressing … poverty and vulnerability in Ghana. This study looks at the impact of this conditional cash transfer programme on households …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010406840
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A micro-econometric analysis of the antipoverty effect of social cash transfers in Italy
Fabrizi, Enrico; Ferrante, Maria Rosaria; Pacei, Silvia - In: The review of income and wealth : journal of the … 60 (2014) 2, pp. 323-348
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010457462