| Date: | 2003-2019 |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | This programme is the successor of "Jóvenes con Oportunidades". From September 2014, under the umbrella of Propera programme “Jóvenes con Prospera” provides cash subsidy, with the aim of stimulating the participants to conclude high school before having 22 years and in a maximum of four years period since their first register in this level before they started the programme. The participant that concludes high school receive a cash support of MXN$ 4,890. The youth obtain a savings account in which are deposited the transfer when he or she ends high school, and that can be used for supporting his/her studies. The transfer deposit has been accumulated through a point system that the youth win while studying, from the third secondary school year until ending high school |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Young recipients of Prospera, that did not conclude secondary school before 22 years |
| Area of intervention: | Remedial education and school retention |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Categorical: young people in extreme poverty and belonging to contexts of high social inequality |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | It is allowed to benefit only once from the programme, after this, young people cant receive it again |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | DOF: 30/12/2014 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Social Development Secretary (Secretaría de Desarrollo Social SEDESOL) |
| Executing organization(s): | Social Development Secretary (Secretaría de Desarrollo Social SEDESOL) |
| Source of funding: | Government of Mexico |
1) Savings account
| Recipient(s): | Young recipients of Prospera, that did not conclude secondary school before 22 years |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Once the high-school diploma concluded |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct recipient |
| Description: | Each school year that the recipient does and passes he/she accumulates points, according to the high school education service in which he/she is registered. He/she can accumulate until a maximum of 3,000 points. The value of the points in mexican pesos changes each year and is published on April 30 of each year |
El Progresa-Oportunidades-Prospera, a 20 años de su creación
| Author: | Hernández Licona, G., De la Garza, T., Zamudio, J., Yaschine, I |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Publication info: | Consejo de Evaluación de la Política de Desarrollo Social |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Performance Evaluation |
¿Cómo funciona Prospera? Mejores prácticas en la implementación de Programas de Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas en América Latina y el Caribe
| Author: | Dávila Larraga, L |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | División de Protección Social y Salud, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Technical Report |
Programa de Desarrollo Humano Oportunidades: Evolución y Desafíos
| Author: | Caridad Araujo, María y Suárez Buitrón, Paula |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | División de Protección Social y Salud, Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Technical Report |
Las Trayectorias de Vida de los Jóvenes de Oportunidades
| Author: | Sánchez López, Gabriela and Jiménez Rodríguez, Daniela |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Centro Internacional de Políticas para el Crecimiento Inclusivo |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Report |
Escolaridad e Inserción Laboral de los Jóvenes Becarios del Programa Oportunidades.
| Author: | González de la Rocha, M. |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Centro Internacional de Políticas para el Crecimiento Inclusivo |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Report |
Do Conditional Cash Transfers for Schooling Generate Lasting Benefits? A Five-Year Followup of PROGRESA/Oportunidades
| Author: | Behrman, J., Parker, S., and Todd, P. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Journal of Human Resources, vol. 46, University of Winsconsin |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Performance Evaluation |
