The role of the state in alleviating poverty : the Mexican case and Oportunidades

This thesis explores the role of the Mexican state in alleviating poverty. For more than fifteen uninterrupted years, compensatory conditional cash transfer programmes (CCTs) have been used with the purpose of alleviating poverty in Mexico. The main idea behind these programmes is to provide a minim...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Becerril Velasco, Christian Iván
Other Authors: Haagh, Louise
Published: University of York 2013
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Online Access:http://ethos.bl.uk/OrderDetails.do?uin=uk.bl.ethos.617117