Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCT) have been implemented in México and Latin America since the late 1990’s. This type of program focuses on providing social government services by way of direct cash transfers to poor families that are often conditioned to the use of public education and...

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Overview -- 1 The Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals and Its Fiscal Challenge -- 2 Mongolia -- 3 Myanmar -- 4 Timor-Leste -- 5...

MDG progress is measured in terms of national averages but these statistical averages often disguise that progress has not accrued to those at the bottom - arguably those who need it most. Social protection is essential to accelerate MDGs with equity by facilitating access to essential services...

The Philippines has made considerable progress in attaining the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs). However achieving all the targets remains a daunting challenge, with goals for poverty, education and maternal mortality unlikely to be attained by 2015. Focus has now shifted to informing the...