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Evaluation of Jamaica's PATH conditional cash transfer programme

Dan Levy and Jim Ohls

Journal of Development Effectiveness, 2010, vol. 2, issue 4, 421-441

Abstract: This paper summarises the findings of an evaluation of the Programme of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH), a conditional cash transfer programme implemented by the Government of Jamaica. The authors find that PATH was generally implemented as intended; exhibited better targeting to the poor than other similar social assistance programmes in Jamaica; and had positive and statistically significant impacts on school attendance and number of preventive healthcare visits for children. They find no evidence, however, that PATH was able to affect longer-term outcomes such as marks, grade progression, or healthcare status.

Keywords: conditional cash transfer; Jamaica; education; poverty; health (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2010
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