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Productivity convergence in Brazil: The case of grain production
Magalhaes, Eduardo; Diao, Xinshen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2009
. In this paper, we investigate whether technological spillovers in agriculture have reached the poorer or less productive … regions with focus on the evolution and patterns of land productivity. To assess such spillovers, we examine three cereal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038022
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Agricultural research, livelihoods, and poverty: Studies of economic and social impacts in six countries
Adato, Michelle (contributor);  … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
Those who study global poverty and ways to reduce it face a perennial set of questions: Do advances in knowledge, research, and technology make a real difference in the lives of poor people? What effect does research have on the poor? Who benefits? The contributors to Agricultural Research,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752679
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Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America
Adato, Michelle (contributor); Hoddinott, John (contributor) - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
from case studies of CCTs in Brazil, Honduras, Mexico, and Nicaragua. The studies examine many aspects of CCTs, including …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010752681
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Targeting the poor in Mexico
Skoufias, Emmanuel; de la Vega, Sergio; Davis, Benjamin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
This report reevaluates PROGRESA's targeting methods since the program began adding beneficiary households through a process called “densification.” The authors first evaluate PROGRESA's accuracy in targeting both at the community and household levels. Second, they evaluate the targeting in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997147
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On the targeting and redistributive efficiencies of alternative transfer instruments
Coady, David P.; Skoufias, Emmanuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
The paper shows how the so-called distributional characteristic of a policy instrument can be additively decomposed into two components; one that captures the targeting efficiency of the instrument, the other its redistributive efficiency. Using these measures, the paper provides an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997187
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Poverty, inequality, and spillover in Mexico's education, health, and nutrition program
Handa, Sudhanshu; Huerta, Mari-Carmen; Perez, Raul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
This report provides an evaluation of the community-level effects of the Programa Nacional de Educacion, Salud, y Alimentacion (PROGRESA) using household-level data from various rounds of PROGRESA's evaluation sample (the Encuesta de Evaluacion de los Hogares [ENCEL] surveys).Other reports in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997223
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Targeting the poor in Mexico
Skoufias, Emmanuel; de la Vega, Sergio; Davis, Benjamin - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
This report reevaluates PROGRESA's targeting methods since the program began adding beneficiary households through a process called “densification.” The authors first evaluate PROGRESA's accuracy in targeting both at the community and household levels. Second, they evaluate the targeting in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997313
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On the targeting and redistributive efficiencies of alternative transfer instruments
Coady, David P.; Skoufias, Emmanuel - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
The paper shows how the so-called distributional characteristic of a policy instrument can be additively decomposed into two components; one that captures the targeting efficiency of the instrument, the other its redistributive efficiency. Using these measures, the paper provides an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004997376
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Poverty, inequality, and spillover in Mexico's education, health, and nutrition program
Handa, Sudhanshu; Huerta, Mari-Carmen; Perez, Raul; … - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2001
This report provides an evaluation of the community-level effects of the Programa Nacional de Educacion, Salud, y Alimentacion (PROGRESA) using household-level data from various rounds of PROGRESA's evaluation sample (the Encuesta de Evaluacion de los Hogares [ENCEL] surveys).Other reports in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005037823
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Small countries and the case for regionalism vs. multilateralism
Burfisher, Mary E.; Robinson, Sherman; Thierfelder, Karen - International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) - 2000
pressures for domestic policy reforms. We analyze the case of a small country, Mexico, forming an RTA with two larger countries …, the U.S. and Canada, in the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA). Mexico exhibits all three characteristics of a … in place. Mexico gains from NAFTA only when it also removes domestic distortions in agriculture. Then, agriculture can …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005038222