Discuss the advantages and disadvantages of conditional cash transfer programmes as a social policy intervention
Description
Cash transfers promoted as the preferred mechanisms for delivery of social protection
– Conditional – i.e. subject to the beneficiaries meeting certain pre-specified conditions such school
attendance, families visiting health clinics, immunization, etc.
– Unconditional – often to categories (i.e. pensions for the elderly, child support grants, etc.)
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