Class Year
2008
Document Type
Feature
Publication Date
Fall 2005
Abstract
Conditional cash transfer programs are transforming Latin America’s approach to social welfare. CCTs provide money to families living in extreme poverty in exchange for the commitment to invest in human capital. The programs aim at replacing the “traditional supply-side mechanisms” with “demand-side interventions to directly support beneficiaries.” Traditional mechanisms battled poverty with subsidies or direct investments in public goods, whereas the new approach channels support directly to the people and promotes investment in human capital, using market approaches as an incentive to use social services such as primary and secondary education and local health centers.
Recommended Citation
Kornacki, Blase. "Conditional Cash Transfers: Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals." Sustainable Development Law & Policy, Fall 2005, 26.