[2011] JARAMILLO, Miguel. Designing an Effective CCT. ELLA. Economic Development, conditional cash transfers, Policy Brief 2.

Latin American countries have used specific CCT design elements – like amount of cash transfer or particular conditionalities like attending school or health check-ups – to foster investment in children’s development to reduce future poverty. But CCTs’ effectiveness depends on the quality of the programme’s design, and in particular, the synergy between the chosen design and the desired objective. This brief analyses the most important CCT design elements from the Latin American experience – the target population, incentives and conditionalities, and entry and exit rules – to help other countries as they make design decisions to adapt CCTs to their own contexts.