@article{943680,
      recid = {943680},
      author = {Osorio Gonnet, Cecilia.},
      title = {Conditional cash transfer programs in Ecuador and Chile :  the role of policy diffusion /},
      publisher = {Palgrave Macmillan,},
      address = {Cham :},
      pages = {1 online resource (269 pages)},
      year = {2020},
      abstract = {In this book, Cecilia Osorio Gonnet takes the reader on a  journey from the rise of Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs)  in Mexico and Brazil though their spread across Latin  America over the late 20th and early 21st centuries. What  makes this text a must read is how Osorio Gonnet analyses  this spread; combining an impressive array of qualitative  and quantitative data to show how endogenous and exogenous  forces interacted to shape the nature of individual CCT  programs, within an underlying set of 'essential elements.  Forming the fundamental uniqueness of this investigation  was Osorio Gonnets notable empirical study of the epistemic  community that developed, changed, and acted as the  catalyst for the spread and understanding of CCTs amongst  the regions policymakers. Osorio Gonnets core arguments are  illustrated a detailed analysis of the diametrically  different cases of Chiles Solidario program and what became  Ecuadors Bono Desarrollo Humano program. Not only will this  text help form the basis of future studies through the  question it raises in relation to diffusion, but it will be  a must read for anyone interested in Conditional Cash  Transfers, Comparative Policy Analysis, Policy Studies,  Policy Diffusion and Policy Transfer studies. - David  Dolowitz, University of Liverpool, UK This book offers  readers a deeper understanding of the diffusion process of  the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) programs in Latin  America and the role played by experts and international  organizations. CCTs have been increasingly implemented  around the world in recent decades, and by 2010, 17  countries in Latin America had adopted them. The evidence  suggests that this concentration is due to a process of  policy diffusion. International organizations contribute to  this process; however, the books main argument is that  there was another, more important actor involved: a  regional epistemic community that increased the  availability of information about CCTs and reinforced their  l egitimacy, playing a role in the domestic processes of  formulation and adoption. This book addresses the diffusion  of the programs throughout the region; diffusion mechanisms  that can help us understand the programs adoption  (emulation, learning and coercion); and the impacts of key  actors on the process (epistemic community, international  organizations and policymakers). Cecilia Osorio Gonnet  holds a Ph.D. in tPolitical and Social Sciences from the  Universitat Pompeu Fabra. Currently, she is an Assistant  Professor at the Politics and Government Department,  Universidad Alberto Hurtado, Chile. Her most recent book  was "Learning or emulating: how social policies are  disseminated in Latin America" (2018).},
      url = {http://library.usi.edu/record/943680},
}