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discussion paper

Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America

fcnd discussion paper
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2005
| by John Maluccio

"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.

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Impact evaluation of a conditional cash transfer program

fcnd discussion paper
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2004
| by John Maluccio and Rafael Flores

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.

discussion paper

The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs

fcnd discussion paper
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2004
| by Natàlia Caldés, David Coady and John Maluccio
"A common criticism of antipoverty programs is that the high share of administrative (nontransfer) costs substantially reduces their effectiveness in alleviating poverty.
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Creating a child feeding index using the demographic and health surveys

fcnd discussion paper
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2002
| by Marie T. Ruel and Purnima Menon

Data from the Demographic and Health Surveys (DHS) for five Latin American countries (seven data sets) were used to explore the feasibility of creating a composite feeding index and to examine the association between feeding practices and child he