The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co
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The 193 individual country profiles capture the status and progress of all UN Member States, and the 80+ indicators include a wealth of information on child, adolescent and adult anthropometry and nutritional status, in addition to intervention co
Evidence and analysis from four case studies of Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua.
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.
journal article
The cost of poverty alleviation transfer programs: a comparative analysis of three programs in Latin America
"A common criticism of antipoverty programs is that the high share of administrative (nontransfer) costs substantially reduces their effectiveness in alleviating poverty.
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.