The recent experience in Latin America and the Caribbean Simone Cecchini Aldo Madariaga Ever since its foundation, the Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC) has drawn attention to the importance of social development, poverty eradication and, above all, the attainment of greater equality in order to build democratic, fair and prosperous societies in the region. None of this can be achieved without designing and implementing social policies capable of tackling the many facets of exclusion, vulnerability, inequality and poverty in a multidimensional manner.
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This book analyses the role played by conditional cash transfer (CCT) or “co-responsibility” programmes. These programmes are among the main instruments used over the past 15 years to combat poverty in the region and have attracted attention and been replicated beyond its borders. Their purpose is to halt the intergenerational transmission of poverty by developing human capabilities in the most vulnerable families. To that end, they deliver direct monetary transfers, subject to certain conditionalities relating to school attendance and health checks. Thus, CCTs not only help to reduce income poverty but also contribute to human-capacity-building, a key asset for the sustainable development and progress of our societies.
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CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMMES The recent experience in Latin America and the Caribbean
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First edition Printed in United Nations • Santiago, Chile • E.11.II.G.55 • September 2011 ISSN 0252-2195 • ISBN 978-92-1-121757-5 • E-ISBN 978-92-1-055172-4 Copyright © United Nations 2011
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