PROGRESA – as a Response to the 1994 Crisis

Resumo

In December 1994, Mexico experienced a profound economic crisis that drove up poverty to its highest levels in 20 years. Between 1994 and 1996, food poverty as a percentage of the population grew from 21.4 to 37.4, and asset poverty from 52.4 to 69.0 per cent. The Government that had come to power at the beginning of December 1994 adopted a number of measures in order to protect the poorest segment of the population, one such measure being the 1995 launch of a pilot programme in the Mexican state of Campeche known as the Food, Health and Education Programme (PASE). As Cortés and Rubalcava note, the results of the pilot phase of PASE were unsatisfactory, compelling the Technical Secretary of the working group of President Zedillo’s Social Development Cabinet (GDS) to request the assistance of CONAPO (National Population Council) in an assessment of its pitfalls. (…)

Ficha do documento

Tipo

Estudo

Ano

2012

Instituição

Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada

Fonte

Repositório do Ipea

Idioma

Inglês

Acesso

Acesso aberto

Identificador

oai:repositorio.ipea.gov.br:11058/15588

Licença

Licença total exclusiva

Palavras-chave

PROGRESSAresponsecrisis1994