#42Listening: Fill in the BlanksAcademic,CoreMedium

Cash Transfer

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In Mexico and Brazil, they have developed Conditional Cash Transfer [blank] . They are what they say on the tin. Cash is given to women of low income, but there are conditions: children have to be taken to [blank] and health clinics, older children have to remain in school. In Brazil, the result has been great reductions in poverty and [blank] , improvements in school attendance, [blank] of girls, and health improvements. Questions have been raised as to whether the [blank] is needed.

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In Mexico and Brazil, they have developed Conditional Cash Transfer programs . They are what they say on the tin. Cash is given to women of low income, but there are conditions: children have to be taken to nutrition and health clinics, older children have to remain in school. In Brazil, the result has been great reductions in poverty and inequality , improvements in school attendance, especially of girls, and health improvements. Questions have been raised as to whether the conditionality is needed.
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