, and Jamaica. In this article, I examine the targeting mechanism of another such CCT program in Nicaragua, the Red de … designed to address both current and future poverty via cash transfers targeted to poor households in rural Nicaragua. The … northern part of the Central Region of Nicaragua, using geographic-level targeting—I will refer to these as the geographic …

, Nicaragua Running title: Matching the gold standard We thank Tia Palermo and Yanmin Choo for excellent research assistance … Nicaragua. The outcomes we assess include several components of household expenditure and a variety of children’s health … beneficiary selection, with Nicaragua using only geographic-level targeting and Mexico a combination of geographic- and …

The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Consumption and Investment in Nicaragua by John A … OF CONDITIONAL CASH TRANSFERS ON CONSUMPTION AND INVESTMENT IN NICARAGUA John A. Maluccio Department of … article examines the impact of a conditional cash transfer programme in Nicaragua on a range of consumption and productive …

. Key Words: cost efficiency, poverty alleviation, human capital, Honduras, Mexico, Nicaragua iv Acknowledgments …: This research is based in part on the IFPRI evaluations of PROGRESA (Mexico), PRAF (Honduras), and RPS (Nicaragua). We … Honduras, and the pilot Red de Protección Social-Fase I (RPS) in Nicaragua. The primary objective of these programs is to …