Poor Numbers -- Contents -- List of Illustrations -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction -- 1. What Do We Know about Income and Growth in Africa? -- 2. Measuring African Wealth and Progress -- 3. Facts, Assumptions, and Controversy: Lessons from the Datasets -- 4. Data for Development:...

Conditional cash transfer programs (CCTs)—cash grants to poor families that are conditional on their participation in education, health, and nutrition services—have become a vital part of poverty reduction strategies in many countries, particularly in Latin America. In Conditional...