Purpose The purpose of this paper is to critically analyse the relevance of directly targeted poverty reduction programmes in Muslim countries by means of conditional cash transfers (CCTs). The paper analyses the best practices and lessons learnt to date and explores the practical issues to...

What does the creation of a new big social programme adds as innovative to fight against poverty in Mexico ? Such a programme allows overcoming poverty ? Does it help a wider integration of the Mexican society ? Human development being the major objective, the Progresa-Oportunidades Programme...

In the context of the increasing prominence of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in the development agenda of many developing countries, this Country Study provides an analytic overview of the challenges faced by El Salvador?s CCT programme, Red Solidaria, (Solidarity Network). The purpose is to...