Nicaragua - Demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (English)

This brief summarizes the demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training in Nicaragua for 2005-2006. Interventions aimed at increasing the income generating capacity of the poor, such as vocational training, micro-finance or business grants, are widespread in the developing world. How to target such interventions is an open question. Many programs are self-targeted, but if perceived returns differ from...

DETAILS

Author

Macours,Karen;

Premand,Patrick;

Vakis,Renos;
Document Date
2013/08/14
Report Number
81231
Volume No
1
Total Volume(s)
1
Country
Nicaragua,
Region
Latin America and Caribbean,
Disclosure Date
2013/09/25
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
Doc Name
Nicaragua - Demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training
Keywords
access to asset

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Official version of document (may contain signatures, etc)

Official PDF
TXT*
Total Downloads** : 349
Download Stats
*The text version is uncorrected OCR text and is included solely to benefit users with slow connectivity.

Citation

Macours,Karen; Premand,Patrick; Vakis,Renos.

Nicaragua - Demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (English). enGender Impact : the World Bank's Gender Impact Evaluation Database Washington DC ; World Bank. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/534811468290153947

Nicaragua - Demand versus returns? Pro-poor targeting of business grants and vocational skills training (English)

DETAILS

DOWNLOADS

COMPLETE REPORT

Citation

SUBSCRIBE TO EMAIL ALERTS