Published on November 20, 2024 – Updated on November 20, 2024

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by Jules Gazeaud (CNRS, CERDI) and Claire Ricard (IDinsight Rabat, CERDI).

New evidence from Morocco reveals that conditional cash transfers can constrain learning when no accompanying measures are taken by governments to account for increased enrolment.   

The spread of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes in low- and middle-income countries has been described as perhaps the most remarkable innovation of recent decades in welfare programmes. CCT programmes provide regular cash transfers to poor families contingent on specific behaviours such as school enrolment and regular attendance.  

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