[Josh Martin]

Liu’s article focuses on Brazil’s “Bolsa Familia” program, which began 10 years ago and was essentially a conditional cash transfer to Brazilian families.  Its success has left many optimistic about the future of (un)conditional cash transfers.

Alec Liu, “How Giving Cash Directly to the Poor Paid Off in Brazil,” Vice, January 2014.

President Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva at the World Economic Forum on Latin America in 2009. Via Flickr