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Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Raising Welfare and Reducing Vulnerability

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  • World Bank, 2003. "Nicaragua - Poverty Assessment : Raising Welfare and Reducing Vulnerability," World Bank Publications - Reports 14668, The World Bank Group.
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    1. John A. Maluccio, 2009. "Household targeting in practice: The Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social," Journal of International Development, John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., vol. 21(1), pages 1-23.
    2. Romano, Donato & Ciani, Federico, 2014. "Testing for household resilience to food insecurity: evidence from Nicaragua," 2014 International Congress, August 26-29, 2014, Ljubljana, Slovenia 182717, European Association of Agricultural Economists.
    3. John A. Maluccio & Alexis Murphy & Ferdinando Regalia, 2009. "Does Supply Matter? Initial Supply Conditions and the Effectiveness of Conditional Cash Transfers for Grade Progression in Nicaragua," Middlebury College Working Paper Series 0908, Middlebury College, Department of Economics.
    4. Sanchez, Marco V. & Vos, Rob, 2009. "Liberalizing Trade, and its Impact on Poverty and Inequality in Nicaragua," Agricultural Distortions Working Paper Series 52796, World Bank.
    5. Vakis, Renos & Kruger, Diana & Mason, Andrew D., 2004. "Shocks and coffee : lessons from Nicaragua," Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes 30164, The World Bank.
    6. John Maluccio, 2010. "The Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Consumption and Investment in Nicaragua," Journal of Development Studies, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 46(1), pages 14-38.
    7. Barham, Tania & Macours, Karen & Maluccio, John A., 2013. "More Schooling and More Learning?: Effects of a Three-Year Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Nicaragua after 10 Years," IDB Publications (Working Papers) 4584, Inter-American Development Bank.
    8. Sudhanshu Handa & John A. Maluccio, 2010. "Matching the Gold Standard: Comparing Experimental and Nonexperimental Evaluation Techniques for a Geographically Targeted Program," Economic Development and Cultural Change, University of Chicago Press, vol. 58(3), pages 415-447, April.
    9. Macours, Karen & Barham, Tania & Maluccio, John, 2018. "Experimental Evidence of Exposure to a Conditional Cash Transfer During Early Teenage Years: Young Women’s Fertility and Labo," CEPR Discussion Papers 13165, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    10. Maluccio, John A., 2005. "Coping with the “coffee crisis” in Central America: The Role of the Nicaraguan Red de Protección Social," FCND discussion papers 188, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI).
    11. Macours, Karen & Barham, Tania & Maluccio, John, 2017. "Are Conditional Cash Transfers Fulfilling Their Promise? Schooling, Learning, and Earnings After 10 Years," CEPR Discussion Papers 11937, C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers.
    12. Charity Moore, 2009. "Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social: An Exemplary but Short-Lived Conditional Cash Transfer Programme," Research Report 17, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth.

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