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On more ambitious conditional cash transfers, social protection and permanent reduction of poverty
Author(s) -
Cuesta José
Publication year - 2007
Publication title -
journal of international development
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.533
H-Index - 66
eISSN - 1099-1328
pISSN - 0954-1748
DOI - 10.1002/jid.1345
Subject(s) - scope (computer science) , cash transfers , poverty , flexibility (engineering) , social protection , poverty reduction , public economics , economics , cash , human capital , population , business , scale (ratio) , development economics , economic growth , finance , sociology , computer science , management , demography , physics , quantum mechanics , programming language
Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCTPs) show a remarkable flexibility. Based on that property, CCTPs might be extended to provide a more comprehensive and cohesive social protection umbrella. These programs might widen their scope by facilitating sector specific reforms and providing protection to large‐scale contingencies. By mobilising assets other than human capital and targeting more selectively population groups in changing circumstances, these programs might well become effective instruments to crack permanent poverty. This note discusses enabling changes to achieve such ambitious goals. Copyright © 2007 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.