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An evaluation of the distributional power of PROGRESA's cash transfers in Mexico by Coady, David

“…Using both national-sample and program-level census survey data, we evaluate the distributional power of Mexico's Programa Nacional de Educacion, Salud y Alimentacion (PROGRESA) transfers using the so-called distributional characteristic.These transfers are targeted both geographically at marginal localities and at poor households within these localities. …”
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PROGRESA and its impacts on the welfare of rural households in Mexico by Skoufias, Emmanuel

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PROGRESA and its impacts on the welfare of rural households in Mexico by Skoufias, Emmanuel

“…One of the most important contributions of IFPRI’s evaluation of PROGRESA has been the continuation of the program in spite of the historic change in the government of Mexico in the 2000 elections. The overwhelming (and unprecedented) evidence that a poverty alleviation program shows strong signs of having a significant impact on the welfare and human capital investment of poor rural families in Mexico has contributed to the decision of the Fox administration to continue with the program and to expand its coverage in the poor urban areas of the country after some improvements in the design of the program.... …”
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Mexico: do the poor benefit from increased openness? by Morley, Samuel, Diaz-Bonilla, Carolina

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Regeneration, growth and sustainability of mahogany in Mexico's Yucatan forests by Snook, Laura K.

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Sustaining mahogany: research and silviculture in Mexico's community forests by Snook, Laura K.

“…The most advanced efforts are those of communities that harvest multiple products, including more than 8000 m cubic/year of mahogany timber, from all over nearly 730 000 hectares of production forests on Mexico's Yucatan peninsula. Over the past twenty years, their foresters have developed inventories and managment plans and overseen enrichment planting efforts, while researchers have established experiments and studies to evaluate management alternatives. …”
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Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico by Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Argel M., Pedro J., Pérez, E.

“…Mexico presents the highest volume of marketed seed and of area established with improved pastures. …”
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Irrigation management transfer: Decentralizing public irrigation in Mexico by Johnson, S.H.

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Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico by Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Argel M., Pedro J., Pérez, E.

“…Mexico presents the highest volume of marketed seed and of area established with improved pastures. …”
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Impact of the adoption of Brachiaria grasses: Central America and Mexico by Holmann, Federico J., Rivas Ríos, Libardo, Argel M., Pedro J., Pérez, E.

“…Mexico presents the highest volume of marketed seed and of area established with improved pastures. …”
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Regional experience with forage Arachis in Central America and Mexico by Argel M., Pedro J.

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Mr Luis Martinez Senties, Ministry of Agriculture, Mexico by CGIAR Research Program on Climate Change, Agriculture and Food Security

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Phaseolus germplasm collection in the Huasteca and surrounding regions, Mexico by Debouck, Daniel G.

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El cultivo de la yuca en Mexico by Legorreta P., F.

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Determinants of the adoption of standards in the horticulture subsector of Northwestern Mexico by Martínez R., Antonio, Avendaño Ruíz, Belem Dolores, Acosta Montalvo, Ana Gabriela

“…La producción de hortalizas en la región Noroeste de México es una actividad económica relevante, lo cual se atribuye a factores naturales como el clima, calidad de los suelos y la cercanía al mercado de Estados Unidos de Norteamérica. …”
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Natural cross-fertilization of sesame grown in Sonora, Mexico by Musa, G.L.C, Padilla, V.I

Subjects: “…MÉXICO…”
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Variations in wood density of the mahoganies of Mexico and Central America by BOONE, R.S., Chudnoff, M.

“…Para S. macrophylla se consideró una serie de 69 muestras procedentes de 14 localidades situadas en la sección norte (Istmo Centroamericano y México) del área de distribución de la especie y para S. humilis, 47 muestras procedentes de 10 localidades que cubren la totalidad del área de distribución natural de la especie (México, América Central y Panamá). …”
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Animal welfare assessment of dual-purpose cattle in Mexico by Edstam, Linnea

“…Chiapas is the poorest state of Mexico located southeast, with a hot and humid tropical climate and daily socio-economic challenges in rural conditions. …”
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New and noteworthy orchids from Mexico and Central America by Williams, Louis O.

Subjects: “…Orquídeas de mexico…”
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La escasez mundial de agua y el reto que afronta Mexico. In SpanishGlobal water shortages and the challenge facing Mexico by Barker, Randolph, Scott, Christopher A., Fraiture, Charlotte de, Amarasinghe, Upali A.

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