A general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of PROGRESA

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dc.creatorCoady, David
dc.creatorHarris, Rebecca Lee
dc.date2000
dc.date2024-10-24T12:53:06Z
dc.date2024-10-24T12:53:06Z
dc.date.accessioned2026-06-27T15:44:50Z
dc.descriptionThe recently introduced PROGRESA program in Mexico can be interpreted as having multiple objectives, namely, (i) the alleviation of current poverty through the transfer of cash payments to poor households, and (ii) encouraging the accumulation of human capital by these households through the conditioning of these transfers on attendance at school and health centers. The latter can also be interpreted in terms of generating a sustained decrease in poverty over time. In this report we are concerned solely with the first objective. To date, the analysis of the welfare impact of these transfers has essentially been undertaken within a partial equilibrium framework which focuses exclusively on the direct effect of the transfers on the beneficiaries. In this report we emphasize the need to take a general equilibrium perspective of the program. In particular, we focus in on the indirect welfare effects which arise from the need to finance the program domestically. This focus is motivated by the belief that any credible poverty alleviation strategy must have underlying it a credible financing strategy.
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dc.identifierhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158010
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/123456789/113467
dc.languageen
dc.publisherInternational Food Policy Research Institute
dc.relationhttps://hdl.handle.net/10568/158108
dc.rightsOpen Access
dc.sourceCoady, David; Harris, Rebecca Lee. 2000. A general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of PROGRESA. https://hdl.handle.net/10568/158010
dc.subjectcash transfers
dc.subjectfinance
dc.subjecthouseholds
dc.subjecteconomic aspects
dc.subjecthealth services
dc.subjecteducation
dc.subjectpoverty
dc.subjecteconomics
dc.subjectpoverty alleviation
dc.titleA general equilibrium analysis of the welfare impact of PROGRESA
dc.typeWorking Paper

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