Targeting the poor in Mexico: an evaluation of the selection of households for PROGRESA

Emmanuel Skoufias, Sergio de la Vega and Benjamin Davis

No 103, FCND discussion papers from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)

Abstract: 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 terms of its impact on poverty alleviation relative to other feasible methods assuming the same total budget.

Keywords: education; poverty; nutrition; households; evaluation; poverty alleviation; Mexico; Americas; Latin America; Central America (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2001
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