The effects of conditionality monitoring on educational outcomes: evidence from the Bolsa Família Programme

Author: Luis Henrique Paiva ,Fábio Veras Soares ,Flavio Cireno ,Iara Azevedo Vitelli Viana ,Ana Clara Duran

Abstract:"Targeted conditional cash transfer programmes linked to human development objectives started in the 1990s in Latin America and have spread worldwide, having been adopted in 64 countries. While the targeting dimension of these programmes has become increasingly more accepted in different policy, practitioner and academic circles, their conditional component still elicits significant controversy. What are the independent effects of conditionalities, beyond the income effect of cash transfers?". (…)

Keywords:effects, conditionality monitoring, educational outcomes, evidence, Bolsa Família, programme
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Type/Issue:One Pager/322
ISSN:2318-9118

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