Can conditional transfers eradicate child marriage?

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Commentary

Publication Date

2017

Abstract

Child marriage is associated with a range of negative social consequences - lower schooling, early pregnancy, decreased agency within the marital household, and adverse reproductive and sexual health. With respect to the eradication of child marriages, will conditional cash transfers for delaying marriage have the same logic as the more widely investigated conditional transfer programmes for children's schooling? Will such transfers enable adolescents to make decisions or exercise choices regarding marriage, beyond simply delaying the event?

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English

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