Conditional, unconditional and everything in between: a systematic review of the effects of cash transfer programmes on schooling outcomes

Journal of Development Effectiveness

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 1-43

  Baird, Sarah ^a,b   Ferreira, Francisco H G ^c   Özler, Berk ^b,c   Woolcock, Michael ^c  

^a GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF OTAGO   (New Zealand)

^c WORLD BANK   (United States)

Author keywords

cash transfers; conditionality; education; meta analysis; systematic review

Indexed keywords

DEVELOPING WORLD; EDUCATION POLICY; EDUCATIONAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 84897050420     PISSN: 19439342     EISSN: 19439407     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/19439342.2014.890362     Document Type: Article

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