Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico

This report focuses on the indirect and direct effects of transfer programs. In particular, it shows how modelling results can be combined with information from standard household surveys to provide an integrated analysis of the direct distributional impact of such programs and the indirect distribu...

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Main Authors: Coady, David, Harris, Rebecca Lee
Format: Informe técnico
Language:Inglés
Published: International Food Policy Research Institute 2004
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156552
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description This report focuses on the indirect and direct effects of transfer programs. In particular, it shows how modelling results can be combined with information from standard household surveys to provide an integrated analysis of the direct distributional impact of such programs and the indirect distributional and efficiency impacts arising from domestic financing mechanisms. This approach reflects the view that any credible poverty alleviation strategy must have a credible financing strategy underlying it, and this need for domestic financing can have important consequences for both the level and the distribution of household incomes. To illustrate the approach, the report focuses on the recent introduction in Mexico of an innovative poverty alleviation transfer program called PROGRESA, which has been used as a prototype for similar programs that have recently been implemented in other developing countries.
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spelling CGSpace1565522025-01-10T06:43:39Z Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico Coady, David Harris, Rebecca Lee development aid economic theories income transfers public safety cash transfers This report focuses on the indirect and direct effects of transfer programs. In particular, it shows how modelling results can be combined with information from standard household surveys to provide an integrated analysis of the direct distributional impact of such programs and the indirect distributional and efficiency impacts arising from domestic financing mechanisms. This approach reflects the view that any credible poverty alleviation strategy must have a credible financing strategy underlying it, and this need for domestic financing can have important consequences for both the level and the distribution of household incomes. To illustrate the approach, the report focuses on the recent introduction in Mexico of an innovative poverty alleviation transfer program called PROGRESA, which has been used as a prototype for similar programs that have recently been implemented in other developing countries. 2004 2024-10-24T12:44:34Z 2024-10-24T12:44:34Z Report https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156552 en Open Access application/pdf International Food Policy Research Institute Coady, David; Harris, Rebecca Lee. 2004. Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico. Research Report. 137. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/156552
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Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico
title Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico
title_full Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico
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title_short Evaluating targeted cash transfer programs: a general equilibrium framework with an application to Mexico
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economic theories
income transfers
public safety
cash transfers
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