Mauro Mediavilla participates in a paper on targeted public policies in Latin America
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The paper analyses Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes for the Latin American and Caribbean region using the ECLAC Development Division's non-contributory social protection programme database.

The publication was jointly carried out by Mauro Mediavilla, professor at the Faculty of Economics (UV) and researcher at EvalPub, and Luz G. Castro, from the Ministry of Economy, Planning and Development (Dominican Republic). The paper is also published in the International Review of Economic Policy (vol. 4, no. 2, pp. 66-83).

This article analyses the different programmes developed in the region in order to compare the characteristics of their implementation and evidence of their impact. According to the database used, there are 20 countries with active programmes for a total of 28 programmes. Although the evidence shows mixed results that make it difficult to create solid arguments that can be generalised across the region regarding successful or unsuccessful policy designs, it is possible to identify some practices that improve the results obtained and that may be useful for the region’s governments.

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