Must Conditional Cash Transfer Programs Be Conditioned to Be Effective?
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A growing body of evidence suggests that conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs can have strong, positive effects on a range of welfare indicators for poor households in developing countries. However, there is little evidence about how important each component of these programs is towards achieving these outcomes. This paper contributes to filling this gap by explicitly testing the importance...
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تاریخ انتشار 2008