Unjust Conditions : Women's Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs

Unjust Conditions Women's Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs

"Unjust Conditions follows the lives and labors of poor mothers in rural Peru, richly documenting the ordeals they face to participate in mainstream poverty alleviation programs. Championed by behavioral economists and the World Bank, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are praised as effi...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Otros Autores: Cookson, Tara Patricia, 1983- author (author)
Formato: Libro electrónico
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Oakland University of California Press 2018
Oakland, California : [2018].
Edición:1st ed
Materias:
Economic assistance, Domestic > Social aspects > Peru.
Rural women > Peru > Economic conditions.
Electronic books.
Ver en Biblioteca Universitat Ramon Llull:https://discovery.url.edu/permalink/34CSUC_URL/1im36ta/alma991009429954606719
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Introduction : making aid conditional
  • Setting the conditions
  • The ironic conditions of clinics and schools
  • Rural women walking and waiting
  • Paid and unpaid labor on the frontline state
  • Shadow conditions and the immeasurable burden of improvement
  • Conclusion : toward a caring society.

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