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spelling okr-10986-170192021-04-23T14:03:33Z What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education? World Bank ACHIEVEMENT ADMINISTRATIVE DATA ADULTS AVERAGE LEVEL BETTER LEARNING CENSUS DATA DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT GOALS ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT ELEMENTARY SCHOOL EMPLOYMENT EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES ENROLLMENT ENROLLMENT RATES EVALUATION METHODS EXAM FUTURE RESEARCH GIRLS HIGH SCHOOL HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES HIGHER EDUCATION HIGHER ENROLLMENT HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT JOB OPPORTUNITIES LEARNING LOW-INCOME STUDENTS MATHEMATICS NUTRITION PRIMARY SCHOOL PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT PRIMARY SCHOOLS PRIMARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS RESEARCHERS RURAL AREAS SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL CLASSES SCHOOL COMPLETION SCHOOL PERFORMANCE SCHOOL RECORDS SCHOOLING SCHOOLS SECONDARY SCHOOL STUDENT GRADUATION RATES TEACHERS TECHNICAL TRAINING TEST SCORES UNIVERSITY COLLEGE URBAN AREAS YOUNG CHILDREN Cash transfers are used around the world to better encourage poor families to take advantage of educational offerings by offering financial incentives that can boost their income. The Colombia study shows that these can be an important tool not only for encouraging families to enroll their children in school, but also keeping them there. Indeed, the results indicate that students whose families received the cash transfers were more likely to graduate high school, an educational milestone that opens doors to higher education and in developing countries especially, increases employment opportunities. The study showed that higher enrollment, and improved graduation rates, didn't necessarily translate into better learning. Students whose families received the cash transfers didn't show improvements in test scores when compared with students whose families didn't receive the money. It may be that teachers need better training to address the needs of low-income students, or more resources may be required for struggling students. Future research could consider linking cash transfers to school performance, to see whether this incentive encourages students (and their parents) to pay more attention to learning. As part of this, researchers would have to consider what support low-income households might need to monitor and assist their children in school. The Colombia study makes an important contribution to the body of evidence on the effectiveness of cash transfers in keeping kids in school and raising graduation rates. The next step is to understand how cash transfers, or other programs, can successfully be used to boost learning too. 2014-02-12T16:55:11Z 2014-02-12T16:55:11Z 2013-06 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17940872/whats-long-term-impact-conditional-cash-transfers-education http://hdl.handle.net/10986/17019 English en_US From evidence to policy; CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/ Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research
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topic ACHIEVEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
ADULTS
AVERAGE LEVEL
BETTER LEARNING
CENSUS DATA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
EVALUATION METHODS
EXAM
FUTURE RESEARCH
GIRLS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER ENROLLMENT
HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
MATHEMATICS
NUTRITION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS
RESEARCHERS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CLASSES
SCHOOL COMPLETION
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
STUDENT GRADUATION RATES
TEACHERS
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TEST SCORES
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
URBAN AREAS
YOUNG CHILDREN
spellingShingle ACHIEVEMENT
ADMINISTRATIVE DATA
ADULTS
AVERAGE LEVEL
BETTER LEARNING
CENSUS DATA
DEVELOPING COUNTRIES
DEVELOPMENT GOALS
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT
ELEMENTARY SCHOOL
EMPLOYMENT
EMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIES
ENROLLMENT
ENROLLMENT RATES
EVALUATION METHODS
EXAM
FUTURE RESEARCH
GIRLS
HIGH SCHOOL
HIGH SCHOOL DIPLOMA
HIGH SCHOOL GRADUATES
HIGHER EDUCATION
HIGHER ENROLLMENT
HIGHER ENROLLMENT RATES
HUMAN CAPITAL
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT
INCREASING SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
JOB OPPORTUNITIES
LEARNING
LOW-INCOME STUDENTS
MATHEMATICS
NUTRITION
PRIMARY SCHOOL
PRIMARY SCHOOL ENROLLMENT
PRIMARY SCHOOLS
PRIMARY SCHOOLS STUDENTS
RESEARCHERS
RURAL AREAS
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE
SCHOOL CLASSES
SCHOOL COMPLETION
SCHOOL PERFORMANCE
SCHOOL RECORDS
SCHOOLING
SCHOOLS
SECONDARY SCHOOL
STUDENT GRADUATION RATES
TEACHERS
TECHNICAL TRAINING
TEST SCORES
UNIVERSITY COLLEGE
URBAN AREAS
YOUNG CHILDREN
World Bank
What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?
relation From evidence to policy;
description Cash transfers are used around the world to better encourage poor families to take advantage of educational offerings by offering financial incentives that can boost their income. The Colombia study shows that these can be an important tool not only for encouraging families to enroll their children in school, but also keeping them there. Indeed, the results indicate that students whose families received the cash transfers were more likely to graduate high school, an educational milestone that opens doors to higher education and in developing countries especially, increases employment opportunities. The study showed that higher enrollment, and improved graduation rates, didn't necessarily translate into better learning. Students whose families received the cash transfers didn't show improvements in test scores when compared with students whose families didn't receive the money. It may be that teachers need better training to address the needs of low-income students, or more resources may be required for struggling students. Future research could consider linking cash transfers to school performance, to see whether this incentive encourages students (and their parents) to pay more attention to learning. As part of this, researchers would have to consider what support low-income households might need to monitor and assist their children in school. The Colombia study makes an important contribution to the body of evidence on the effectiveness of cash transfers in keeping kids in school and raising graduation rates. The next step is to understand how cash transfers, or other programs, can successfully be used to boost learning too.
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title What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?
title_short What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?
title_full What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?
title_fullStr What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?
title_full_unstemmed What's the Long-Term Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Education?
title_sort what's the long-term impact of conditional cash transfers on education?
publisher Washington, DC
publishDate 2014
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/06/17940872/whats-long-term-impact-conditional-cash-transfers-education
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