Assess students' ability to apply comparative policy analysis to evaluate conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs' effects on education outcomes in Latin America, including selection of appropriate quasi-experimental and cross-national methods (e.g., difference-in-differences, regression discontinuity, matching), identification of key outcomes (enrollment, attendance, learning, grade progression), consideration of heterogeneity and implementation contexts, critical appraisal of data quality and internal/external validity, and formulation of evidence-based policy recommendations. Scope: graduate-level applied evaluation across multiple Latin American cases.