Social Protection Network
- Social Protection Network
The Social Protection Network (Red de Protección Social in Spanish or RPS) is a Nicaraguan Conditional Cash Transfer program. It is designed to address both current and future poverty via cash transfers targeted to households living in poverty in rural Nicaragua. It began in 2000. [http://www.ifpri.org/data/Nicaragua01.htm]
External links
* [http://www.ifpri.org/data/Nicaragua01.htm Powerpoint on RPS]
* [http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp188.pdf The Coffee Crisis and RPS]
* [http://www.ifpri.org/divs/fcnd/dp/papers/fcndp174.pdf Comparison of RPS with other similar programs]
* [http://www1.worldbank.org/sp/safetynets/CCT/Nicaragua%20CCT.pdf Pilot Program Proposal for RPS]
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