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Supplement: Using Research to Improve Nutrition in the Context of an At-Scale Social Protection Program in Mexico

This special supplement presents research that led to the redesign of the health component of the Progresa Conditional Cash Transfer program in Mexico , its implementation and evaluation at pilot scale, and its scale-up to national level, representing >15 y of collaboration among evaluators, program implementers, and funders. The studies used various methodologies, including process evaluation, cohort studies, ethnographic assessments, and a cluster-randomized trial, among others.

Authors: Neufeld, L M; Arenas, A B