Title_ Policy Issues and Enlightenments on Transfer Effectiveness of Cash Transfer Program in the South

Author_ Yifan Yang and Ziyi Wang

Pages 73-96

Abstract_ The purpose of this paper is to provide an up-to-date and comprehensive analysis of the findings from evaluations of cash transfer programs for social protection. Based on the literature review, these types of interventions have become increasingly popular among recipient governments, especially so-called conditional cash transfer programs and unconditional cash transfer programs. The paper then analyzes the social cash transfer schemes in practice, summarizing basic issues like universal or targeted, and conditional or unconditional. The conclusion is that the imposition of conditional plans needs to be carefully measured, universal plans should be based on the classification of the whole population, and the coordination of the cash transfer program and the overall framework of social security should be paid more attention to.

Keywords_ cash transfer program, social pension, conditional social assistance