Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs innovate by conditioning transfers to poor families
on investments in the human capital of children and other family members. The Mexican …

Cash transfer programmes are a popular social protection tool in develo** countries that
aim, among other things, to improve education outcomes in develo** countries. The …

El impacto potencial de la crisis financiera global de 2008 en los niveles de vida en el
mundo en desarrollo ha renovado el énfasis en la importancia de los programas de políticas …

This paper offers a unifying conceptual framework for understanding the relationship
between climate change and “within-country inequalities,” referred here collectively as …

Climate change and climate policies will affect poverty reduction efforts through direct and
immediate impacts on the poor and by affecting factors that condition poverty reduction, such …

There are fewer people living in extreme poverty in the world today than 30 years ago. While
that is an achievement, continuing progress for poor people is far from assured. Inequalities …

We can expect climate change to alter the frequency, magnitude, timing, and location of
many natural hazards. For example, heat waves are likely to become more frequent, and …

Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare
programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government only transfers the …

This article assesses the role of conditionality in cash transfer programs using a unique
experiment targeted at adolescent girls in Malawi. The program featured two distinct …

We study the impact of an innovative program in the Indian state of Bihar that aimed to
reduce the gender gap in secondary school enrollment by providing girls who continued to …