A free ebook version of this title is available through luminos, university of california press's open access publishing program. Visit www.Luminosoa.Org to learn more. Unjust conditions follows the lives and labors of poor mothers in rural peru, richly documenting the ordeals they face to participate in mainstream poverty alleviation programs. Championed by behavioral economists and the world bank, conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs are praised as efficient mechanisms for changing poor people's behavior.