Extending COVID-related reforms to conditional cash transfers could improve the life chances of young people in Colombia
Álvarez-Iglesias, A., Hessel, P., Bauer, A.
& Evans-Lacko, S.
(10 May 2021)
Extending COVID-related reforms to conditional cash transfers could improve the life chances of young people in Colombia.
LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog.
& Evans-Lacko, S.
(10 May 2021)
Extending COVID-related reforms to conditional cash transfers could improve the life chances of young people in Colombia.
LSE Latin America and Caribbean Blog.
Like other low- and middle-income countries, Colombia introduced changes to its cash transfer programmes so as to mitigate the impact of the COVID-19 crisis. But without extending and carefully redesigning these programmes, many families and young people will face a precarious future once the pandemic is over, write Alejandra Álvarez-Iglesias (Universidad Autónoma de Madrid), Philipp Hessel (Universidad de los Andes, Bogotá), Annette Bauer (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE), and Sara Evans-Lacko (Care Policy and Evaluation Centre, LSE).