Unjust Conditions

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 efficient...

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Main Author: Patricia Cookson, Tara (auth)
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Language:English
Published: University of California Press 2018
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