This thesis compares two Indonesian cash transfer programs, the Bantuan Langsun Tunai (BLT) and the Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), in order to find whether conditional or unconditional cash...Show moreThis thesis compares two Indonesian cash transfer programs, the Bantuan Langsun Tunai (BLT) and the Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), in order to find whether conditional or unconditional cash transfer programs prove more effective in improving the future investments of participants. This is studied by looking at the effect of the program on the education and healthcare of participants, the effect on the expenditures of participants and finally on the labour incentive of participants. The study shows that the conditions applied in the PKH were slightly more effective in increasing future investments of participants, however that the complex implementation of a conditional program and the lacking of an administrative system to support this in Indonesia, prevents the program from reaching an optimal result.Show less
