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Book (stand-alone)Condicionalidad y repercusiones de la elaboración de programas en el bienestar de los hogares: comparación de dos programas distintos de transferencia de efectivo en el México rural 2002
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No results found.In this paper, we examine how the design of cash transfer schemes influences household welfare outcomes with particular reference to the influence of transfers on conditioned outcomes, such as schooling, health and investment. We do this by examining two innovative cash transfer schemes initiated by the Mexican government in the last decade: PROGRESA, which is a national antipoverty scheme directed at chronic rural poverty, and PROCAMPO, which is a scheme designed to compensate farmers for the n egative price effects of NAFTA. The analysis of data collected for an evaluation of PROGRESA suggest that the overall effects of the programmes, as measured by total and food consumption expenditure, are not different. However, PROGRESA leads to greater schooling expenditure and school attendance as well as increased health outcomes. On the other hand, PROCAMPO is found to lead to increased investment in agriculture. The results suggest that conditionality may have little effect in terms of shor t-term welfare outcomes, but do influence both longer-term (human capital) and medium term (productive) investment. -
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