Conditional cash transfer programs in Ecuador and Chile : the role of policy diffusion / Cecilia Osorio Gonnet.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Osorio Gonnet, Cecilia.

Contributor:

ProQuest ebook central.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Transfer payments--Ecuador.

Transfer payments.

Transfer payments--Chile.

Cash transactions--Ecuador.

Cash transactions.

Cash transactions--Chile.

Chile.

Ecuador.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (269 pages)

Place of Publication:

Cham : Palgrave Macmillan, 2020.

System Details:

text file

Contents:

Intro

Foreword

Contents

About the Author

Abbreviations

List of Figures

List of Tables

1 Introduction

1.1 The Main Argument

1.2 Methodological Approach

1.3 Book Structure

References

2 Social Policies and Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (CCTs) in Latin America

2.1 Conditional Cash Transfer Programs

2.2 The Social Policy Context of the 1990s

2.3 CCTs in Latin America

2.3.1 Characteristics of the CCTs

2.3.2 The Emblematic Cases of CCTs in the Region: Brazil and Mexico

2.3.3 CCTs Assessments and Challenges

2.4 The Debate About the Diffusion of the Programs

3 Mechanisms and Actors in the Diffusion of Policies: State of the Issue and Theoretical Proposal

3.1 The Policy Diffusion Approach

3.1.1 Diffusion Mechanisms

3.2 Discussion on the Approach and Study Proposal

4 Quantitative Analysis of the Diffusion of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America

4.1 The Wave of Diffusion of the Conditional Cash Transfer Programs

4.1.1 The Wave of Diffusion of the CCTs

4.1.2 The Diffusion of the CCT Model and Its Behavior Over Time

4.1.2.1 The Essential Characteristics

4.1.2.2 Behavior Over Time of Secondary and Additional Components

4.2 Statistical Models and Their Contribution to Research Hypotheses

4.2.1 Period Analyzed and Time Variables

4.2.2 Analysis Unit

4.2.3 Dependent Variable

4.2.4 Independent Variables

4.2.4.1 Domestic Independent Variables

4.2.4.2 External Independent Variables

4.2.5 Presentation of the Models

4.3 Analysis of Results

5 The Epistemic Community and International Organizations in the Diffusion of CCTs

5.1 The Epistemic Community and the Role of Banks During the First Years of the Wave of Diffusion

5.2 The Epistemic Community from 2000

5.3 The Epistemic Community and Other International Organizations

5.4 Final Comments

6 Chile: The Chile Solidario Program

6.1 The Economic and Political Context

6.2 The Process of Adopting the Chile Solidario Program

6.3 The Learning Diffusion Mechanism

7 Ecuador, the Bono Desarrollo Humano

7.1 The Economic and Political Context

7.2 The Process of Adopting the Bono Desarrollo Humano

7.2.1 1998-2003: The Bono Solidario

7.2.2 The Inclusion of Conditionalities: The Transition from Bono Solidario to Bono Desarrollo Humano

7.2.3 The Bono Desarrollo Humano and the Social Protection

7.3 Diffusion Mechanisms: Moderate Coercion and Emulation

8 Conclusions

8.1 Discussion About the Hypotheses

8.1.1 "The Most Suitable Alternative." The Consensus Behind the Adoption of the CCTs

8.1.2 Diffusion Through Various Mechanisms: Learning, Emulation and Moderate Coercion

8.1.3 National Institutional Capacities and Their Linkage to Diffusion Mechanisms

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

8.2 Considerations Regarding the Approach and Methodology Adopted

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Electronic reproduction. Ann Arbor, MI Available via World Wide Web.

Other Format:

Print version: Osorio Gonnet, Cecilia Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Ecuador and Chile : The Role of Policy Diffusion

ISBN:

9783030510084

3030510085

Publisher Number:

99985777198

10.1007/978-3-030-51

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