Conditional Cash Transfers

Conditional Cash Transfers

Author: Ariel Fiszbein

Publisher: World Bank Publications

Published: 2009-02-09

Total Pages: 384

ISBN-13: 0821373536

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Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs aim to reduce poverty by making welfare programs conditional upon the receivers' actions. That is, the government 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. They have been hailed as a way of reducing inequality and helping households break out of a vicious cycle whereby poverty is transmitted from one generation to another. Do these and other claims make sense? Are they supported by the available empirical evidence? This volume seeks to answer these and other related questions. Specifically, it lays out a conceptual framework for thinking about the economic rationale for CCTs; it reviews the very rich evidence that has accumulated on CCTs; it discusses how the conceptual framework and the evidence on impacts should inform the design of CCT programs in practice; and it discusses how CCTs fit in the context of broader social policies. The authors show that there is considerable evidence that CCTs have improved the lives of poor people and argue that conditional cash transfers have been an effective way of redistributing income to the poor. They also recognize that even the best-designed and managed CCT cannot fulfill all of the needs of a comprehensive social protection system. They therefore need to be complemented with other interventions, such as workfare or employment programs, and social pensions.


Pellucid Paper

Pellucid Paper

Author: Adam Wickberg

Publisher:

Published: 2018-11-02

Total Pages: 268

ISBN-13: 9781785420542

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Pellucid Paper is an interdisciplinary study of the materiality of Early Modern poetry and its relation to political power, memory and subject constitution. Informed by German Media theory and specifically the more recent developments of Cultural Techniques, Wickberg offers a fresh and imaginative take on Early Modern culture.


Diversity at Stake

Diversity at Stake

Author: Peter R. W. Gerritsen

Publisher:

Published: 2002*

Total Pages: 310

ISBN-13:

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Finally, in the Epilogue , an attempt is made to translate the theoretical-empirical discussions of Chapters 1 to 7 into 10 practical recommendations for policy makers and practitioners.


I Wanna New Room

I Wanna New Room

Author: Karen Kaufman Orloff

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2010-12-02

Total Pages: 40

ISBN-13: 1101550163

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A hilarious companion to I Wanna Iguana. Ever since their baby sister came along, Alex has been forced to share a room with his little brother, Ethan, and it's a nightmare. Ethan always breaks stuff, snores like a walrus, and sticks crayons up his nose. No hardworking, well-behaved, practically grown-up boy like Alex should have to put up with that! Writing letters to his mom convinced her to let him get his pet iguana, so Alex puts pencil to paper again, this time determined to get his own room. Though all of his powers of persuasion can't get his dad to expand the house, he does come through with a fun alternative to give Alex some space of his own.


Behind Bars

Behind Bars

Author: S. Oboler

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2009-11-23

Total Pages: 296

ISBN-13: 023010147X

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This book addresses the complex issue of incarceration of Latino/as and offers a comprehensive overview of such topics as deportations in historical context, a case study of latino/a resistance to prisons in the 70s, the issues of youth and and girls prisons, and the post incarceration experience.


Let Me Hold You Longer

Let Me Hold You Longer

Author: Karen Kingsbury

Publisher: Tyndale House Pub

Published: 2014-01-31

Total Pages: 32

ISBN-13: 9781414389875

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Rhyming text encourages parents to savor not only their children's "firsts"--like first steps and first words--but the "lasts" as well.


Walk On!

Walk On!

Author: Marla Frazee

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt

Published: 2008

Total Pages: 44

ISBN-13: 9780152065287

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The essential guide for anyone ready to take those crucial first steps!


Manual of Catalan Linguistics

Manual of Catalan Linguistics

Author: Joan A. Argenter

Publisher: Walter de Gruyter GmbH & Co KG

Published: 2020-04-06

Total Pages: 796

ISBN-13: 3110450402

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This manual is intended to fill a gap in the area of Romance studies. There is no introduction available so far that broadly covers the field of Catalan linguistics, neither in Catalan nor in any other language. The work deals with the language spoken in Catalonia and Andorra, the Balearic Islands, the region of Valencia, Northern Catalonia and the town of l'Alguer in Sardinia. Besides introducing the ideologies of language and nation and the history of Catalan linguistics, the manual is divided into separate parts embracing the description – grammar, lexicon, variation and varieties – and the history of the language since the early medieval period to the present day. It also covers its current social and political situation in the new local and global contexts. The main emphasis is placed on modern Catalan. The manual is designed as a companion for students of Catalan, while also introducing specialists of other languages into this field, in particular scholars of Romance languages.