Balancing investment in demand and supply
Recommended reading
- A new approach to social assistance: Latin America’s experience with conditional cash transfer programs
- ( L.B. Rawlings / World Bank , 2004)
- This paper reviews the experience of the Latin America and Caribbean region in introducing conditional cash transfer (CCT) programmes which provide money to poor families conditional upon investments ...
- Is PROGRESA working? Summary of the results of an evaluation by IFPRI
- ( E. Skoufias; B. McClafferty / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2001)
- This document summarises an evaluation of the impact of PROGRESA on three poverty reduction focus areas: improving school enrolment, improving health and nutrition outcomes, and increasing household c...
- The impact of conditional cash transfers on human development outcomes: a review of evidence from PROGRESA in Mexico and some implications for policy debates in South and Southern Africa
- ( P. Gertler; B. Barungi; I. Woolard / Southern African Regional Poverty Network , 2005)
- This paper reflects on assessments of Mexico's Conditional Cash Transfer scheme (called PROGRESA) and draws comparisons with South Africa's Child Support Grant (CSG). It captures key highlights of a d...
- A cost-effectiveness analysis of demand- and supply-side education interventions: the case of PROGRESA in Mexico
- ( D.P. Coady; S.W. Parker / International Food Policy Research Institute , 2002)
- This paper is concerned with the issue of the most cost-effective way of improving access to education for poor households in developing countries. The authors consider two alternatives: extensive exp...
- Child poverty and cash transfers
- ( A. Barrientos; J. DeJong / Childhood Poverty Research and Policy Centre , 2004)
- This paper addresses the effectiveness of cash transfers in addressing childhood poverty in developing and transition economies. It argues that the provision of cash transfers and basic services to th...
