Improving “last-mile” public service delivery is a recurring challenge in developing countries.
Could the widespread adoption of mobile phones provide a scalable, cost-effective means …

Although actions have been taken to improve breastfeeding in Mexico, trends over the last
decade and their associated factors have not been analysed. We estimated trends in …

We use two quasi-natural experiments that encouraged the use of debit cards and facilitated
the use of ATMs in Mexico to estimate the elasticity of crime and informality to the availability …

We analyze microdata from Mexico's survey on household income and expenditures
(ENIGH) to study the evolution of income inequality in Mexico over 2004-16, identify its …

Multidimensional poverty measures have become a standard feature in poverty
assessments. A large and growing body of work uses endogenous (data driven) weights to …

Background Cash transfer (CT) programs are an important type of social protection meant to
reduce poverty. Whether CT programs increase the risk of overweight and obesity is unclear …

Latin America underwent two major transformations during the 2000s: the widespread
election of left-leaning presidents (the so-called left turn) and the diffusion of conditional …

Is social assistance being used to contain ethnic and racial unrest in developing countries?
There is a growing literature on social assistance policies in the Global South, but this …

This study critically examines Mexico’ s public sector reforms. Through an analysis of
the trajectory of public administration reforms, the research reveals a historical trend …

Female labor force participation is important for women, children, and societies, but also
may have unintended impacts including an increased risk of intimate partner violence (IPV) …