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| Flores, Rafael; Gillespie, Stuart. |
| Contents: Overview, by Rafael Flores; The global burden of disease, by Alan Lopez; HIV/AIDS, by Anthony Barnett and Gabriel Rugalema; Malaria, by Andrea Egan; Tuberculosis, by Ariel Pablos-Mendez; Intrauterine growth retardation, by Mercedes De Onis; Obesity, by Reynaldo Martorell; Diet-related chronic diseases, by Geoffrey Cannon; Health and Aging, by Noel W. Solomons; Micronutrients, by Lindsay H. Allen; Policy priorities: themes and actions, by Stuart Gillespie; |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Food Consumption/Nutrition/Food Safety; Health Economics and Policy; International Development. |
| Ano: 2001 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/16039 |
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| Maluccio, John A.; Flores, Rafael. |
| In the 1990s Mexico launched a new social program—PROGRESA (now known as Oportunidades). As a conditional cash transfer program, PROGRESA integrated investment in human capital with access to a social safety net. From 1998 to 2000, the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) assisted in evaluating the program. Much of the ensuing research is summarized in IFPRI Research Report 139 by Emmanuel Skoufias. Since the inception of PROGRESA, several countries, particularly in Latin America, have implemented similar programs. One reason for the growing popularity of these programs is that, by encompassing various dimensions of human capital, including nutritional status, health, and education, they are able to influence many of the key indicators... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Red de Protección Social (Nicaragua); Evaluation; Economic assistance; Domestic; Nicaragua; Public welfare; Child welfare; Poverty; Agricultural and Food Policy. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/37889 |
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