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PROGRESA is one of the Mexican government's major programs aimed at developing the human capital of poor households. In early 1998, IFPRI was asked to assist Mexico's government to determine if PROGRESA was functioning as it was intended to. This research report synthesizes IFPRI's findings about PROGRESA's impact and operation. The majority of IFPRI's findings suggest that PROGRESA's combination of education, health, and nutrition interventions into one integrated package has had a significant positive impact on the welfare and human capital of poor rural families. The report will interest researchers, policymakers, and advisers seeking a better sense of the basic elements of a program that can be effective in alleviating poverty in the short and long run.

Emmanuel Skoufias was a senior research fellow at IFPRI at the time of writing this report. He is currently a senior economist at the World Bank.

• Table of Contents, List of Tables, List of Figures, Foreword, Acknowledgments, and Summary
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• Chapter 1: Background and Program Description
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• Chapter 2: PROGRESA Seen through an Economic Lens
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• Chapter 3: The Experimental Design and Information Sources Used to Evaluate PROGRESA
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• Chapter 4: An Evaluation of PROGRESA’s Targeting and Its Impact on Poverty
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• Chapter 5: Summary of the Methods Used to Evaluate the Impact of PROGRESA
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• Chapter 6: A Summary of the Findings of the Impact Evaluation and a Cost Analysis of the Program
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• Chapter 7: Conclusions and Future Policy Considerations
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• Appendix A: Summary of Mexican Anti-Poverty Programs
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• Appendix B: Characteristics of the Localities in the Evaluation Sample
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• Appendix C: On the Impact of PROGRESA on Poverty
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• References
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