"Conditional cash transfer (CCT) programs aim to alleviate poverty through monetary and in-kind benefits, as well as … reduce future levels of poverty by encouraging investments in education, health, and nutrition. The success of CCT programs … at reducing poverty depends on whether, and the extent to which, cash transfers affect adult work incentives. The authors …

This document summarizes the findings of three reports: Urban Poverty in Mexico, Mexico: a Study of Rural Poverty, and … Mexico: an Overview of Social Protection, and, focuses on 1) the generation of income opportunities for the urban and rural …, to continue supporting the rural poor move out of poverty, it is important to increase agricultural productivity …

Half of the moderately poor, and one third of the extremely poor now live in urban areas in Mexico. While cities offer … public services. Yet, the urban-rural distinctions need to be seen as a continuum, where depth and characteristics of poverty … vary with settlement size. The objective of this report is to inform the design of urban poverty interventions. It is …

the first phase of the Mexico Programmatic Poverty Work, as well as the urban, rural and vulnerability studies conducted …This report provides a strategic overview of Mexico's federal social protection system, comprised of both social … groups, and identifies options for stepping up that performance. In doing so it responds to an increasing consensus in Mexico …

This study is part of the second phase of a long-term programmatic work on poverty in Mexico, in three phases being … carried out by the Bank at the request of the Government of Mexico. Reasons for a study on rural poverty, are because the size … and intensity of the phenomenon, poverty, and inequality in rural Mexico are a matter of concern not only from the well …

This Mexico Poverty and Equity Assessment reviews the evidence about poverty and equity in Mexico over the last two … essential policy objective. This report postulates three main policy areas needed for poverty eradication in Mexico: inclusive … quantitative benchmarks of what it would take to eradicate extreme poverty in Mexico. Poverty in Mexico is defined not only in …

. Buddelmeyer and Skoufias use a unique data set from rural Mexico collected for the purpose of evaluating the impact of the … PROGRESA poverty alleviation program to examine the performance of a quasi-experimental estimator, the regression discontinuity … noneligible households in the control localities. This paper--a product of the Poverty and Gender Unit, Latin America and the …

The Poverty and Social Impact Analysis (PSIA) approach, introduced by the World Bank in FY02, aimed to help the Bank …

non poor households into poverty, and poor households into deeper poverty; and 3) to promote investment in human and … medium run and of interrupting the intergenerational cycle of poverty. This vision is fully consistent with the World Bank … programs help create the resilience, equity and access to jobs and opportunities essential to save lives, reduce poverty and …