Cash transfers, children and the crisis: protecting current and future investments. (Special Issue: Impacts of economic crises on child well-being.)

摘要

In a mix of responses to the food, fuel and financial crises of 2008-9, some developing countries have introduced new safety-net programmes, while others have modified and/or expanded existing ones. Many have introduced conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in recent years, and these have been used as an important starting point for a response. This article aims to describe these various experiences with CCTs, to distil lessons about their effectiveness as crisis-response programmes for households with children, to identify design features that can facilitate their ability to respond to transient poverty shocks, and to assess how they can complement other safety-net programmes.Digital Object Identifier http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7679.2011.00548.x