Conditional Cash-based Social Welfare Program

A Conditional Cash-based Social Welfare Program is a cash transfer-based social program that is a conditional social program.

• AKA: Conditional Cash Transfer Program.
• Context:
  • It can range from being a Cash-based Social Program for Specific Action to being a Cash-based Social Program for Distressed People.
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• Example(s):
  • Kyrgyzstan Mincome Program, for low-income families with children and for people with disabilities.
  • a Cash for Vaccination Program.
  • a Cash for Child in School Program.
  • a Cash for Low-Wage Employees, such as New Zealand's minimum family tax credit program[1].
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• Counter-Example(s):
  • a Unconditional Cash Transfer Program, such as Alaska Fund Program.
  • a Conditional Service-based Program.
• See: Poverty, Welfare (Financial Aid), Vaccination Program, Cycle Of Poverty, Means Test.

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References

2014

• (Wikipedia, 2014) ⇒ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Conditional_cash_transfer Retrieved:2014-5-11.
  • Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. The government (or a charity) only transfers the money to persons who meet certain criteria. These criteria may include enrolling children into public schools, getting regular check-ups at the doctor's office, receiving vaccinations, or the like. CCTs are unique in seeking to help the current generation in poverty, as well as breaking the cycle of poverty for the next through the development of human capital.

2005

• (Rawlings & Rubio, 2005) ⇒ Laura B Rawlings, and Gloria M Rubio. (2005). “Evaluating the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs.” In: The World Bank Research Observer, 20(1).
  • QUOTE: Several developing economies have recently introduced conditional cash transfer programs, which provide money to poor families contingent on certain behavior, usually investments in human capital, such as sending children to school or bringing them to health centers.

1991

• (van Parijs, 1991) ⇒ Philippe van Parijs. (1991). “Why Surfers Should be Fed: the liberal case for an unconditional basic income." Philosophy & Public Affairs.
  • QUOTE: In 1971, Hawaii established a one-year residency requirement for welfare entitlement. This measure was directed against so called, welfare hippies, who had been arriving in considerable numbers …

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