Search Results - subject:"transfer program"

The impact of Bolsa Família on women’s decision-making power

De Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John; … - In: World development : the multi-disciplinary … 59 (2014), pp. 487-504

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Pilferage from opaque food subsidy programs: Theory and evidence

Mehta, Aashish; Jha, Shikha - In: Food Policy 45 (2014) C, pp. 69-79

Theft rates from subsidized food programs vary greatly and strongly influence program efficiency. Unfortunately, the determinants of these variations remain understudied because the agencies that run these programs seldom publicize the allocations of subsidized food to local markets. We develop...

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The Impact of Bolsa Família on Women’s Decision-Making Power

de Brauw, Alan; Gilligan, Daniel O.; Hoddinott, John; … - In: World Development 59 (2014) C, pp. 487-504

Conditional cash transfer programs with female beneficiaries have scope to increase women’s intrahousehold decision-making power. Yet quantitative evidence is limited. We show that Brazil’s Bolsa Família program has significant impacts on women’s decision making, but with considerable...

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Two social protection programs in Pakistan

Nabi, Ijaz - In: The Lahore journal of economics 18 (2013), pp. 283-304

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Teenage School Attendance and Cash Transfers. An Impact Evaluation of PANES

Amarante, Verónica; Ferrando, Mery; Vigorito, Andrea - In: ECONOMIA JOURNAL OF THE LATIN AMERICAN AND CARIBBEAN … (2013)

This article analyzes the impact of PANES, a temporary social assistance program carried out in Uruguay between 2005 and 2007, on school attendance and child labour for children aged 14 to 17. We explore three potential explanatory channels: labour market outcomes, household income and awareness...

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Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America: The Role of the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social

Maluccio, John A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

examine the role of a conditional cash transfer program, the Red de Protección Social (RPS), during this downturn. While not …

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Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America

Maluccio, John A. - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2005

"This study examines the effect of a safety-net program on households' well-being and work activities during an economic downturn. It considers (1) how rural Nicaraguan households without the Red de Protección Social (RPS) program fared over the period 2000–02, and (2) whether households...

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Corruption, food subsidies, and opacity: Evidence from the Philippines

Mehta, Aashish; Jha, Shikha - In: Economics Letters 117 (2012) 3, pp. 708-711

We argue that subsidized food distribution systems that fail to publicize how much food has been allocated to each local market will experience high rates of theft on the margin as they are expanded. We provide the first comparable cross-section of estimates of subsidized food theft. As...

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Effects on School Enrollment and Performance of a Conditional Transfers Program in Mexico

Dubois, Pierre; de Janvry, Alain; Sadoulet, Elisabeth - Department of Agricultural and Resource Economics, … - 2003

performance (passing grades) and the effect of a conditional cash transfer program for children enrolled at school. Careful … which a randomized experiment has been implemented and allows us to identify the effect of the conditional cash transfer … program on enrollment and performance at school. Using the rules of the conditional program, we can explain the different …

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Effects on school enrollment and performance of a conditional transfers program in Mexico

Dubois, P.; De Janvry, A.; Sadoulet, E. - Département d'Économie et Sociologie Rurales, … - 2002

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