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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Autore principale: Cookson, Tara Patricia, 1983- (Autore)
Natura: Elettronico eBook
Lingua:inglese
Pubblicazione: Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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Sommario:
  • 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.