The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA Anti-Poverty and Human Resource Investment Conditional Cash

World Development

Volumn 38, Issue 10, 2010, Pages 1473-1485

  Behrman, Jere R ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA   (United States)

Author keywords

Conditional cash transfers; IFPRI; Latin America; Mexico; PROGRESA Oportunidades; Project evaluation

Indexed keywords

COST-BENEFIT ANALYSIS; DEVELOPMENT PROJECT; FOOD POLICY; GOVERNMENT; HUMAN RESOURCE; INTERNATIONAL LAW; INVESTMENT; RESEARCH PROGRAM; SPILLOVER EFFECT;

LATIN AMERICA; MEXICO [NORTH AMERICA];

EID: 77956879021     PISSN: 0305750X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.worlddev.2010.06.007     Document Type: Article

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