Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments

Developing countries have responded to the multiple shocks from the food, fuel and finance crises of 2008-2009 with a mix of responses aimed at both mitigating the immediate impacts of the crises on households (and particularly children), and prote...

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Main Authors:	Fiszbein, Ariel, Ringold, Dena, Srinivasan, Santhosh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2017
Subjects:	ADMINISTRATIVE CAPACITY ADULT LEARNING ADVISORY SERVICE ASYLUM SEEKERS BANK LENDING BANK POLICY BENEFICIARY BENEFIT LEVELS BENEFIT PAYMENTS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CHECKS CHILD DEVELOPMENT CHILD HEALTH CHILD LABOR CHILD WELFARE CHRONICALLY POOR CONDITIONAL CASH CONSUMER SUBSIDIES CORRUPTION DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DEVELOPMENT STRATEGIES DISABILITY BENEFITS DISPLACEMENT DONOR SUPPORT DROUGHT ECONOMIC CONDITIONS ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC DOWNTURN ECONOMIC SHOCK EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT ENROLLMENTS EXPENDITURES EXPLOITATION EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTERNALITIES FAMILY ALLOWANCE FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL LITERACY FISCAL POLICIES FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PROGRAM FRAUD HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH SERVICES HEIGHT FOR AGE HOUSEHOLD ALLOCATION HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD INVESTMENTS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HOUSEHOLD WELFARE HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT IDIOSYNCRATIC SHOCKS INCOME INCOME SHOCKS INCOME SUPPORT INCOME VOLATILITY INFLATION INFORMATION SYSTEM INNOVATION INSTRUMENT INSURANCE POLICIES INTERNATIONAL AID INTERNATIONAL BANK INVENTORY INVESTING JOB TRAINING LABOR LAWS LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET POLICY LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LABOR SUPPLY LIVING STANDARDS LOAN LOAN AMOUNT MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MEANS TESTING MINIMUM INCOME MINIMUM WAGE NATURAL DISASTER NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE OLD AGE PENSION OPPORTUNITY COST PAYMENT SYSTEMS PENSION SYSTEMS PENSIONS PHYSICAL CAPITAL POLICY RESPONSES POLITICAL SUPPORT POOR POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY RELIEF PRIVATE INVESTMENTS PRIVATE TRANSFERS PRODUCTIVE ASSETS PRODUCTIVE INVESTMENTS PRODUCTIVITY PROGRAM COVERAGE PROTECTION POLICY PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC INVESTMENT PUBLIC PROVISION PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS PURCHASING POWER RECESSION REFUGEES REMITTANCES RESERVES RISK MANAGEMENT RISK MITIGATION SAFETY SAFETY NET SAFETY NET MEASURES SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAVINGS SAVINGS ACCOUNTS SCHOLARSHIP SCHOOL ATTENDANCE SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SEVERANCE PAY SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL BENEFITS SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL FUNDS SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL NETWORKS SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL RISK SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICE SOCIAL SPENDING SOCIAL WELFARE STATUS OF WOMEN SUPPORT PROGRAM SUPPORT TO FAMILIES TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TAX TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TRANSFER AMOUNT TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER SYSTEMS TRANSIENT POOR TRANSIENT POVERTY TRANSIENT SHOCKS UNEMPLOYED UNEMPLOYMENT UNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITS UNEMPLOYMENT INSURANCE URBAN AREAS VILLAGES VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE PEOPLE WAGE SUBSIDIES WAGES WEATHER SHOCKS WORK PROGRAM WORKFARE WORKING HOURS WORKS PROGRAM WORKS PROJECTS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/640561468337205600/Cash-transfers-children-and-the-crisis-protecting-current-and-future-investments http://hdl.handle.net/10986/27394

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Summary:	Developing countries have responded to the multiple shocks from the food, fuel and finance crises of 2008-2009 with a mix of responses aimed at both mitigating the immediate impacts of the crises on households (and particularly children), and protecting future investments in human capital. While some countries have introduced new safety net programs, others have modified and/or expanded existing ones. Since many countries have introduced conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in recent years, these programs have been used as an important starting point for a response. This paper aims to describe how conditional cash transfers have been used by different countries to respond to the crises (e.g. by expanding coverage and/or increasing benefit amounts), distill lessons about their effectiveness as crisis-response programs, identify design features that can facilitate their ability to respond to transient poverty shocks, and assess how they can complement other safety net programs.

Cash Transfers, Children and the Crisis : Protecting Current and Future Investments

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