Policy Options to Eradicate Child Labor and Promote Education in Latin America

Zafiris Tzannatos, Peter Orazem and Guilherme Sedlacek

Chapter 12 in Child Labor and Education in Latin America, 2009, pp 207-217 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract Latin American countries have been pioneers in the use of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) as a means of combating poverty. In the first decade of the twenty-first century, at least twenty-two developing countries have had at least one type of CCT program in place; and some having more than one. Over half are found in Latin America.1 Other countries are planning their own schemes based on the Latin American experience, including developed countries. In 2007, New York introduced “a program, which is based on a similar effort in Mexico,”2 whereby poor families would receive cash for family members meeting any of a series of criteria. Thus, CCT use is expanding, and it is useful to review the evidence of whether, where and how they are likely to succeed.

Keywords: Policy Option; Poor Household; Child Labor; Cash Transfer; Moral Hazard Problem (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
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DOI: 10.1057/9780230620100_13

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