Child benefits and poverty reduction: Evidence from Mongolia's child money programme This paper analyses the extent to which Mongolia's Child Money Programme, a conditional cash transfer programme for families with children, contributes to poverty reduction and the improved well-being of children.
The Female Secondary Stipend (FSS) programme, a conditional cash transfer programme introduced in 1994, provided impetus for a rapid and substantial expansion in female secondary school enrolment that saw enrolment proportion increase from 35% to more than 50% within a decade [ 38].
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.
9 Economic theory suggests several pathways through which risky sexual behaviours could be reduced by a conditional cash transfer programme that conditions payment on negative sexually transmitted infections (STIs) tests.
To break the cycle of poverty, the Government has launched a five-year-long conditional cash transfer programme known as the 'Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Programme' or '4Ps'4Ps
Mongolia Child Benefits and Poverty Reducation: Evidence from Mongolia's Child Money Programme analyses the extent to which Mongolia's Child Money Programme, a conditional cash transfer programme for families with children, contributes to poverty reduction and the improved well-being of children in an efficient, affordable and sustainable manner.
"Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH Conditional Cash Transfer Programme". Journal of Development Effectiveness 2.4 (December 2010): 421-441.
Known in development jargon as a "conditional cash transfer" programme, it was modelled partly on a similar scheme in Mexico.
For those in extreme poverty, the government's internationally renowned conditional cash transfer programme – Bolsa Familia – provided 60% of their income in 2011, up from 10% in 2003.
