This paper evaluates the effects of a conditional cash transfer (CCT) on antenatal consultations in Senegal. We conduct non-experimental and quasi-experimental evaluations, which control group is constructed using propensity score matching method. While approach alone does not allow to conclude impact CCT, reveals that CCT significatively increases beneficiaries. The combination evaluations has...

Alain de Janvry, Elisabeth Sadoulet, Pantelis Solomon, and Renos Vakis September 2006 Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have proved to be effective in inducing chronic poor households to invest in the human capital of their children while helping reduce poverty. They have also protected child human capital from the shocks that affect these households. In this paper, we argue that many no...

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Over the last decade, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs have become one of the most widely adopted anti-poverty initiatives in the developing world. Inspired particularly by Mexico’s successful Progresa/Oportunidades program, CCTs are viewed as an effective way to provide basic income support while building childrens’ human capital. These programs have had a remarkable global expansion, ...

This paper analyses Brazilian, Chilean and Colombian experiences with conditional cash transfer programmes and how they have helped tackle gendered economic and social vulnerabilities. It is argued that Bolsa Família, Chile Solidario and Familias en Acción should be analysed within the broader social protection strategies in which they are meant to be components. Such an approach can help gener...

OBJECTIVE To examine the association between Brazil's Bolsa Familia programme (BFP), which is the world's largest conditional cash transfer programme, and the anthropometric indicators of nutritional status in children. METHODS Using the opportunity provided by vaccination campaigns, the Brazilian government promotes Health and Nutrition Days to estimate the prevalence of anthropometric defic...

BACKGROUND In the past 15 years, Brazil has undergone notable social and public health changes, including a large reduction in child mortality. The Bolsa Familia Programme (BFP) is a widespread conditional cash transfer programme, launched in 2003, which transfers cash to poor households (maximum income US$70 per person a month) when they comply with conditions related to health and education. ...