Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence
Long-Term Impacts of Conditional Cash Transfers: Review of the Evidence
Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs, started in the late 1990s in Latin America, have become the antipoverty program of choice in many developing countries in the region and beyond. This paper reviews the literature on their long-term impacts on human capital and related outcomes observed after children have reached a later stage of their life cycle, focusing on two life-cycle transitions.