Cash Transfers for Poverty Reduction: An International Operational Guide

This book offers the first systematic discussion of the design and implementation of poverty reduction schemes, and cash transfer programmes in particular. The authors also draw on their own practical experience and present global case studies to show the effects these decisions have on operations and outcomes.

Francisco Ayala has more than 20 years of experience with the management and design of public project investments in education, health and social safety net, including public works and conditional transfer. Francisco leads the Ayala consulting company in Ecuador.

David Lawson is a Senior Lecturer in Development Economic and Public Policy at The University of Manchester, and Adjunct Professor in Development Studies at The University of Helsinki. He has more than 20 years of developing country public policy experience and has specific research interests in around poverty dynamics health and gender.