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Adolescents, Crisis and Risk. Are CCTs an adequate policy answer?

This paper explores the effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in addressing the needs of adolescents during times of crisis. It examines the relationship between human capital, social and economic contexts, and individual strategies in formulating CCT policies. Additionally, it evaluates whether CCTs promote inclusion of new generations and serve as tools for promoting rights and citizenship among adolescents.

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Adolescents, Crisis and Risk. Are CCTs an adequate policy answer?

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  1. Adolescents, Crisis and Risk.Are CCTs an adequate policy answer? UNICEF - ODI Conference: The global economic crisis - Including children in the policy response. 9-10 Nov. 2009

  2. Paper’s main questions • CCTs focusing on adolescents: how are formulating the relations between human capital, social and economical contexts, and individual strategies? • Are CCTs promoting inclusion of new generations? • Are CCTs useful tools for promoting rights and citizenship among adolescents?

  3. Some Highlights of the current crisis • Past crisis in LA: inequality of income increases 20% of poorest households shares 2.2% - 8.8% of total income, the richest 20% shares 41.8% - 62.4% by 2005. • Most affected areas in Argentina: construction, textile industries and services, followed by automobile industries and tourism. Focus on smallest companies. • Brazil had shown a modest reduction of inequality, partially due to CCTs and previous context. • Teenage pregnancy may grow, homicides rates are highest in LA.

  4. Focus • Analysis of three CCTs’ focusing on adolescents. • Empirical evidence produced through fieldwork, secondary data and interviews. • Analytical framework: Human rights approach to social policy.

  5. Human rights approach • participation, • accountability, • conditionalities, targeting and funding, • extension of equality • conception of citizenship in CCTs

  6. Programmes

  7. Programmes

  8. Participation

  9. Transparency

  10. Overview • ONYC: state’s capabilities for targeting and implementation, ngos’ capabilities, relation with formal education, territorial approach to poverty. Lack of minimum guar., restriction for immigrants, individualistic / aislacionist appr, funding, lack of participation. • ProJovem: citizenship education, group appr, minimum guar., state’s capabilities. Local implementation, week relation with school, lack of exit door, restrictions of transparency and participation. • Proy. Adolescente: extension of coverage, productive proyects, group appr.. Local impl., lack of exit door, week relation with school, transparency and participation.

  11. Final comments 1. Concentration and segmentation processes and crisis. 2. Territorial approach to risk and crisis impacts. 3. Transformation and time vs risk approaches. Life trajectories / age and gender 4. Context in comparison with assumptions 5. Citizenship in program’s design. Rationale for to focus on exclusion / disconnectedness.

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