Effectiveness and Economic Development Impact of Policy-Based Cash Transfer Programs: The Case of Jamaica, 1981-1987

摘要

Section 1 of the report provides a description of recent macroeconomic trends in Jamaica as background to the study. The Cash Transfer program is the subject of Sections 2 and 3, the former describes the program mechanism and the latter discusses conditionality of funding. The remaining sections address specific impacts and goals of the Jamaica Cash Transfer program, including its relationship to multilateral policy programs and the Jamaican Government's economic policy reform program. The final section contains the conclusions reached by the evaluation team and an analysis of the policy dialogue process between the Government of Jamaica and the international policy agencies.