Cash Transfers for Poverty Reduction: An International Operational Guide

by Francisco V. Ayala, David Lawson

Overview

Over the past 20 years, more than 100 countries have implemented social safety nets, targeted at the poorest and most vulnerable. Impact evaluations have shown the effectiveness of these programmes, and policymakers have explored different methods of delivery, including cash transfers.

Cash Transfers for Poverty Reduction offers the first systematic discussion of the design and implementation of poverty reduction schemes, and cash transfer programmes in particular. The authors also draw on their own practical experienceand present global case studies to show the effects that these decisions have on operations and outcomes.

Featuring end-of-chapter questions and answers to help test your knowledge, this book offers an operational guide for key stakeholders, officials and students in understanding the design, implementation, and monitoring and evaluation of cash transfer programmes.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781138222700
Publisher:	Taylor & Francis
Publication date:	12/18/2023
Series:	Routledge Textbooks in Development Economics
Pages:	540
Product dimensions:	6.12(w) x 9.19(h) x (d)

About the Author

Francisco V. Ayala is President of Ayala Consulting Corporation/SOPROEN (since 1996) and has more than 25 years of experience as an international social protection consultant.

David Lawson is Associate Professor, Development Economics and Public Policy at the University of Manchester, Adjunct Professor at the University of Helsinki, and Visiting Professor at the University of International Business and Economics, Beijing.

Table of Contents

1. Social Protection Systems: a deeper understanding 2. The Genesis of Designing and Implementing Cash Transfers 3. Assessing Supply Capacity of Services Providers 4. Reaching the Poorest: Using Targeting Mechanisms to Focus Resources on Vulnerable People 5. Targeting Engineering: Cost Analysis 6. From being Targeted to becoming a Beneficiary 7. Providing Cash to the Poor and Vulnerable 8. Track Conditionalities Compliance to Increase Human Capital 9. Case Management: Empowering Poor and Vulnerable People 10. Monitoring: Implementing Actions while Achieving Goals 11. Answers to end-of-chapter Exercises

Editorial Reviews

Cem Mete, PhD, Practice Manager, the World Bank.

Eulalia Flor Recalde, professor at the Universidad Andina Simon Bolivar, Ecuador.

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