Abstract

OROZCO ESPINOSA, Pedro; BARRON ARREOLA, Karla Susana  and  GOMEZ LOPEZ, Claudia Susana. Social policy analysis in Nayarit: Study of the programme Oportunidades. Estud. soc [online]. 2015, vol.23, n.46, pp.84-111. ISSN 0188-4557.

We explore the impact of the Human Development Programme Oportunidades (Programa de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades-PDHO) in in nine villages of the municipality of Santa Maria of the Oro, Nayarit. We applied Multivariate Discriminant Analysis as our methodology in this study. The main results are the following: 1) the relevant variables in family welfare are income, expenses and programme continuity; 2) evidence supports that if households remain for a long time in Oportunidades, the bigger the food support and therefore expenses; 3) there exist a positive relation between the town marginalization degree and PDHO belonging; 4) households have a positive judgment regard PDHO belonging respect to children education and scholar performance.

Keywords : poverty; equality; monetary transfers; education; nutrition; marginalization.

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