The Mexican Oportunidades program: Questioning the linking of security to conditional social investments for mothers and children

Canadian Journal of Latin American and Caribbean Studies

Volumn 31, Issue 62, 2006, Pages 53-85

  Luccisano, Lucy ^a  

^a WILFRID LAURIER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CITIZENSHIP; EDUCATION; HUMAN CAPITAL; NEOLIBERALISM; NUTRITION; POVERTY ALLEVIATION; SOCIAL SECURITY;

MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA]; NORTH AMERICA;

EID: 33750209193     PISSN: 08263663     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08263663.2006.10816902     Document Type: Article

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