ABSTRACT
Indigenous-specific programmes have the potential to have a significant impact on the human capital development of the targeted Indigenous populations. The example of the National Disability Insurance Scheme highlights that much of the investment in human capital for Indigenous peoples needs to happen outside of the school yard, or the university quad. One form of policy intervention that has been applied extensively in Latin America is conditional cash transfers, or conditional cash transfers (CCTs). In essence CCTs involve a transfer of cash to identified households if they commit to investments in the human capital of their children. Some programmes may include transfer of food in lieu of cash, such as the Bangladesh Food for Education programme. In the short term, CCTs provide households from relatively disadvantaged background with a minimum consumption floor. In the case of CCTs, however, there have been positive results demonstrated in the outcomes of Indigenous households specifically.
