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This lecture focuses on Familias en Accion, a conditional cash transfer programme in Colombia, evaluating its effects and results in relation to education, health and nutrition.
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Alice Mesnard
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- IFS
Suggested citation
Mesnard, A. (2005). 'The evaluation of the Familias en acción programme in Colombia: do conditional subsidies improve education, health and nutrition outcomes?' [Presentation]. London: IFS. Available at: https://ifs.org.uk/publications/evaluation-familias-en-accion-programme-colombia-do-conditional-subsidies-improve (accessed: 14 May 2024).
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