IFPRI: PROGRESA (Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación)

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PROGRESA -- Programa de Educación, Salud y Alimentación The Education, Health, and Nutrition Program of Mexico
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PROGRESA (now called Oportunidades) is one of the major programs of the Mexican government aimed at developing the human capital of poor households. PROGRESA began its operations in August of 1997 in an effort to break the entangling web of poverty where malnutrition, morbidity, high infant mortality rates, high fertility, school dropout rates and unhealthy living conditions prevail. As part of an overall strategy for poverty alleviation in Mexico, PROGRESA works in conjunction with other programs that are aimed at developing employment and income opportunities (such as the Temporary Employment Program, PET) and at facilitating the formation of physical capital, such as the State and Municipal Social Infrastructure Fund (FAIS). At the end of 1999, PROGRESA covered approximately 2.6 million families or about 40% of all rural families and one-ninth of all families in Mexico. At that time, the program operated in almost 50,000 localities, in more than 2,000 municipalities and 31 states. PROGRESA‘s budget of approximately $777 million in 1999 was equivalent to 0.2% of Mexico’s GDP. In all of Latin America, Mexico is implementing an effective program that is serving as a model and beginning to take hold across Latin America (e.g., Honduras, Nicaragua, and Argentina). IFPRI-PROGRESA Research Team and Affiliated Institutions IFPRI Emmanuel Skoufias (Project Leader) Michelle Adato David Coady Rebecca Lee Harris Lourdes Hinayon Bonnie McClafferty Agnes Quisumbing Marie Ruel Bénédicte de la Brière (IFPRI/World Bank) Benjamin Davis (IFPRI/FAO) Sudhanshu Handa (IFPRI/IDB) John Hoddinott (IFPRI/Dalhousie University) Susan Parker (IFPRI/PROGRESA) UNIVERSITIES USA Jere Behrman, University of Pennsylvania Paul J. Gertler, University of California, Berkeley T. Paul Schultz, Yale University Petra E. Todd, University of Pennsylvania Mexico Dubravka Mindek, Escuela Nacional de Antroplogía e Historia Graciela Teruel, Universidad Iberoamericana PROGRESA José Gómez de León Daniel Hernandez Monica Orozco Patricia Muniz Humberto Soto Sergio de la Vega Mari-Carmen Huerta Raul Perez Daniela Sotres Beatriz Straffon Hadid Vera Contact Michelle Adato Senior Research Fellow Food Consumption and Nutrition Division
IFPRI - PROGRESA Reports Beginning early 1998, IFPRI at the request of PROGRESA conducted an evaluation of its major rural anti-poverty program. This series of reports were presented to PROGRESA from November 1998 through November 2000. They are available in English and Spanish, unless otherwise noted. Methodology Targeting and Operations Synthesis/Cost Effectiveness Impact on Human Capital Education Health Nutrition Other Impacts Consumption Time Allocation Household, Community Relations, and Women Other IFPRI Related Publications
Other Related Information Putting Development Dollars to Use, South of the Border by Alan B. Krueger. News Clip -- May 2, 2002 (New York Times) IDB Approves its Largest-ever Loan for Mexico: $1 Billion for Expansion of the PROGRESA Poverty-reduction Program Inter-American Development Bank Press Release -- January 16, 2002 IFPRI Reports: Evaluation of PROGRESA Series of reports presented to PROGRESA from November 1998 through November 2000. Targeting the Poor in Mexico: An Evaluation of the Selection of Households into PROGRESA. 2001. World Development 29(10): 1769-1784. (PDF 192K) Available for IFPRI staff only Official PROGRESA website: www.progresa.gob.mx
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