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  How effective are conditional cash transfers? Evidence from Colombia

  Institute for Fiscal Studies, London, 2005

  This briefing note, published by the Institute for Fiscal Studies, examines the impacts of Familias en Acción (FA), a programme implemented in Colombia in 2001/02. The programme involved giving cash to families with children on the condition that the children attended health check-ups (if they were under 5) or school (if they were aged 6-17).
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  Special gift: social transfers for health and education

  id21 Development Research Reporting Service, 2006

  Can social transfers – cash or vouchers targeting the poorest – reduce poverty and accelerate progress towards the Millennium Development Goals? A paper from the UK Department for International Development reviews the impact of this demand-side policy option on access to health and education services for extremely poor people.
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  Repositioning nutrition as central to development: a strategy for large-scale action

  World Bank, 2006

  Malnutrition is a still an extremely serious development issue, with around a third of the developing world’s population - particularly the inhabitants of sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia- suffering from micronutrient deficiencies and below optimal weight.
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  Food security and the millennium development goal on hunger in Asia

  Overseas Development Institute, 2003

  This paper provides an overview of food security issues in relation to the Millennium Development Goals (MDGs) in Bangladesh, India, Nepal, China, Indonesia, Cambodia and Vietnam.It identifies the key issues relating to food security in Asia, setting out progress and the prospects for achieving the MDG on hunger and analysing how these issues are likely to develop in 10 to 25 years time, in par
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government sponsored programme in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  Does subsidized childcare help poor working women in urban areas?: evaluation of a government-sponsored program in Guatemala City

  International Food Policy Research Institute, 2002

  This paper presents an evaluation and impact assessment (1998) of the urban Hogares Comunitarios Program (HCP), Guatemala, a government-sponsored pilot programme designed to alleviate poverty by providing working parents with low-cost, quality childcare within their community.
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  More calories or more diversity?: an econometric evaluation of the impact of the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO transfer programs on food security in rural Mexico

  Economic and Social Department, FAO, 2002

  This paper examines the PROGRESA and PROCAMPO cash transfer programs in Mexico and evaluates their impact on household food security and nutrition.

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