Unjust conditions : women's work and the hidden cost of cash transfer programs / Tara Patricia Cooks...
Unjust conditions : women's work and the hidden cost of cash transfer programs / Tara Patricia Cooks...
Unjust conditions : women's work and the hidden cost of cash transfer programs / Tara Patricia Cookson.
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Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
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G 2018/4100
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English
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Physical content
xvii, 192 pages ; 23 cm
Content type
text
Media type
unmediated
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volume
Contents
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.
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Publisher
Oakland, California : University of California Press, [2018]
Place of Publication
California
Date Published
[2018]
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"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 efficient mechanisms for changing poor people's behavior. W...
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Unjust conditions : women's work and the hidden cost of cash transfer programs / Tara Patricia Cookson.
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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©2018
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G 2018/4100
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74VKVAbq6PGO
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKVAbq6PGO
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ISBN
9780520296992 paperback alkaline paper
0520296990 paperback alkaline paper
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362.8382
MMS ID
991024177019202626
