Evidence and analysis from four case studies of Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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book chapter
Nutrition and conditional cash transfer programs
book chapter
Conditional cash transfers in the second decade
book chapter
Conditional cash transfer programs
discussion paper
Integrating survey and ethnographic methods to evaluate conditional cash transfer programs
"Survey and ethnographic methods have been combined in the evaluations of conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs for the governments of Nicaragua and Turkey.
In 2000, the Nicaraguan government implemented a conditional cash transfer program designed to improve the nutritional, health, and educational status of poor households, and thereby to reduce short- and long-term poverty.
discussion paper
Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America
"The international and local Nicaraguan media have widely reported on the “coffee crisis” in Latin America and there is substantial evidence that there has been a downturn and that this has been more severe in the coffee-growing regions.
The Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social (RPS), modeled after PROGRESA in Mexico, is a program designed to address both current and future poverty via cash transfers targeted to households living in poverty in rural Nicaragua.
journal article
The cost of conditional cash transfers
A common criticism of antipoverty programs is that a large proportion of their budgets never reaches the intended beneficiaries but is absorbed by administration costs.
The international and local Nicaraguan media have widely reported on the “coffee crisis” in Latin America and there is substantial evidence that there has been a downturn and that this has been more severe in the coffee-growing regions.
discussion paper
Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program
This paper presents the main findings of a quantitative evaluation of the Red de Protección Social (RPS), a conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua, against its primary objectives.
The Government of Nicaragua‘s program Red de Protección Social (RPS) represents a new approach to providing safety nets for the poorest people in society, a conditional cash-transfer program that has become an important part of poverty alleviatio
El programa “Red de Protección Social” (RPS) del gobierno de Nicaragua presenta una nueva propuesta en la formación de redes de seguridad para las personas más pobres de la sociedad.
project paper
Coping with the 'coffee crisis' in Central America
The Nicaraguan Red de Proteccion Social (RPS) suggests that successful safety nets can protect the most affected by crisis without abandoning conditionality." -- from Text
This paper presents the main findings of a quantitative evaluation of the Red de Protección Social (RPS), a conditional cash transfer program in Nicaragua, against its primary objectives.