Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA
This report reevaluates PROGRESA’s targeting methods since the program began adding beneficiary households through a process called “densification.” The authors first evaluate PROGRESA’s accuracy in targeting both at the community and household levels. Second, they evaluate the targeting in terms of...
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| author | Skoufias, Emmanuel de la Vega, Sergio Davis, Benjamin |
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| description | This report reevaluates PROGRESA’s targeting methods since the program began adding beneficiary households through a process called “densification.” The authors first evaluate PROGRESA’s accuracy in targeting both at the community and household levels. Second, they evaluate the targeting in terms of its impact on poverty alleviation relative to other feasible methods assuming the same total budget. |
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| spelling | CGSpace1565462025-11-06T06:57:07Z Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA Skoufias, Emmanuel de la Vega, Sergio Davis, Benjamin education poverty nutrition households evaluation poverty alleviation This report reevaluates PROGRESA’s targeting methods since the program began adding beneficiary households through a process called “densification.” The authors first evaluate PROGRESA’s accuracy in targeting both at the community and household levels. Second, they evaluate the targeting in terms of its impact on poverty alleviation relative to other feasible methods assuming the same total budget. 2001 2024-10-24T12:44:33Z 2024-10-24T12:44:33Z Working Paper https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156546 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Skoufias, Emmanuel; de la Vega, Sergio; Davis, Benjamin. 2001. Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA. FCND Discussion Paper 103. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156546 |
| spellingShingle | education poverty nutrition households evaluation poverty alleviation Skoufias, Emmanuel de la Vega, Sergio Davis, Benjamin Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA |
| title | Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA |
| title_full | Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA |
| title_fullStr | Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA |
| title_full_unstemmed | Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA |
| title_short | Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA |
| title_sort | targeting the poor in mexico an evaluation of the selection of households for progresa |
| topic | education poverty nutrition households evaluation poverty alleviation |
| url | https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156546 |
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