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Is the Conditionality Necessary in Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes? Evidence from Mexico

John Frederick Hoddinott

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Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are an increasingly popular tool for poverty alleviation. Drawing on lessons learned from programmes in a variety of countries ? notably Mexico?s PROGRESA programme ? they are now found throughout the developing world. CCTs give cash transfers to households that meet specific conditions or undertake certain actions, such as ensuring that school-age children go to school or that pre-school children regularly see a nurse or doctor. (...)

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Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are an increasingly popular tool for poverty alleviation. Drawing on lessons learned from programmes in a variety of countries ? notably Mexico?s PROGRESA programme ? they are now found throughout the developing world. CCTs give cash transfers to households that meet specific conditions or undertake certain actions, such as ensuring that school-age children go to school or that pre-school children regularly see a nurse or doctor. (...)

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Conditional cash transfers (CCTs) are an increasingly popular tool for poverty alleviation. Drawing on lessons learned from programmes in a variety of countries ? notably Mexico?s PROGRESA programme ? they are now found throughout the developing world. CCTs give cash transfers to households that meet specific conditions or undertake certain actions, such as ensuring that school-age children go to school or that pre-school children regularly see a nurse or doctor. (...)

Key concepts: Conditionality, Conditional cash transfer, Cash transfers, Poverty, Variety (cybernetics), Developing country, Cash, Economics

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