POvErTy rEdUCTION SPECIAL UNIT FOr SOUTH-SOUTH COOPErATION POvErTy rEdUCTION SCALING UP LOCAL INNOvATIONS FOr TrANSFOrMATIONAL CHANGE
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Progresa/Oportunidades Progresa/Oportunidades is a conditional cash transfer programme administered by the Federal Government of Mexico. Under this initiative, direct cash payments are provided to eligible poor and vulnerable households, who send their children to primary and secondary schools, and whose mothers and children receive regular preventive care at local health clinics. In addition, eligible households receive grants to improve food consumption and nutritional supplements for young children and pregnant and lactating mothers. The service delivery agents, such as health institutions, receive funding to ensure continuity of basic social services to the poor. Currently, Oportunidades reaches to over 5.8 million families, or 20 percent of the total population. In poorest regions such as Chiapas and Oaxaca, over 58 percent of the population is covered by Oportunidades.
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