Impact evaluations must be embedded in the ongoing process of policy and programme design in order to be effective in influencing country policy. This is the primary lesson found in this book, which is based on the rigorous impact evaluations and country-case study analysis of government-run...

En la década anterior a la crisis de 1995, mejoraron en México los indicadores de desarrollo humano. Aplicando técnicas de descomposición, el artículo mide el efecto de esas mejoras en las condiciones de los hogares para enfrentar la crisis. La caída del consumo entre 1994 y 1996 se...

This paper presents the construction of a spatially explicit, nationally disaggregated measure of poverty over time in Costa Rica. The paper first describes the two possible methods considered for the construction of a poverty map: principal component analysis (PCA) versus small area estimation....

We review claims linking both payments for carbon and poverty to deforestation. We examine these effects empirically for Costa Rica during the late 20th century using an econometric approach that addresses the irreversibilities in deforestation. We find significant effects of the relative...