<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Behrman, J. R.</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">The International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) and the Mexican PROGRESA Anti-Poverty and Human Resource Investment Conditional Cash</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">World DevelopmentWorld DevelopmentWorld Development</style></secondary-title><alt-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">World Dev</style></alt-title><short-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">World DevWorld Dev</style></short-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">conditional cash transfers</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">ifpri</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">latin america</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">mexico</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">progresa/oportunidades</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">project evaluation</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">2010</style></year><pub-dates><date><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Oct</style></date></pub-dates></dates><number><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">10</style></number><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">38</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1473-1485</style></pages><isbn><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">0305-750x</style></isbn><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">English</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">&lt;p&gt;The Mexican PROGRESA/Oportunidades anti-poverty and human resource conditional cash transfer (CCT) program has influenced considerably policies in many countries. The Mexican government engaged the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) to undertake the initial evaluation of PROGRESA/Oportunidades. This paper considers:&lt;br /&gt;
(1) Was the PROGRESA program design influenced by prior IFPRI research?&lt;br /&gt;
(2) Why was IFPRI chosen to undertake the initial impact evaluation of PROGRESA?&lt;br /&gt;
(3) How did the IFPRI evaluation of PROGRESA contribute to the program?&lt;br /&gt;
(4) Were there spillovers of the IFPRI evaluation of PROGRESA?&lt;br /&gt;
It concludes that estimated benefit cost ratios of IFPRI&amp;#39;s evaluation of PROGESA considerably exceed one. (C) 2010 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.&lt;/p&gt;
</style></abstract><accession-num><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">WOS:000283403000012</style></accession-num><notes><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Sp. Iss. SI&lt;br/&gt;670ec&lt;br/&gt;Times Cited:2&lt;br/&gt;Cited References Count:20</style></notes><auth-address><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Behrman, JR&lt;br/&gt;Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA&lt;br/&gt;Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA&lt;br/&gt;Univ Penn, Philadelphia, PA 19104 USA</style></auth-address></record></records></xml>