ABSTRACT
It has been almost two decades since conditional cash transfer programs first appeared on the agendas of multilateral agencies and politicians. Latin America has often been used as a testing ground for these programs, which consist of transfers of money to subsections of the population upon meeting certain conditions, such as sending their children to school or having them vaccinated. Money from the Government in Latin America takes a comparative view of the effects of this regular transfer of money, which comes with obligations, on rural communities.
Drawing on a variety of data, taken from different disciplinary perspectives, these chapters help to build an understanding of the place of conditional cash transfer programsin rural families and households, in individuals’ aspirations and visions, in communities’ relationships to urban areas, and in the overall character of these rural societies.
With case studies from Chile, Mexico, Peru, Brazil and Colombia, this book will interest scholars and researchers of Latin American anthropology, sociology, development, economics and politics.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part I|54 pages
Global CCT repertoires and their local translations
chapter 1|17 pages
Gendering and engendering capital
chapter 2|19 pages
Filling the belly and feeding the mind?
part II|66 pages
CCTs organizing community relations
chapter 4|16 pages
Fragmented rural communities
chapter 6|16 pages
Money from above
chapter 7|15 pages
Dangerous desires
part III|48 pages
Envisioning futures through CCTs