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Susan Parker contributes to WSJ story on Mexico's Prospera program

Widely copied program cut by new government

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, Juan Montes and Santiago Pérez examine the impacts of a Mexican government decision to shutter a long-established support for the poor, Prospera, and replace it with a broader support program targeted to voting-age adults.

MPRC Associate Director Susan Parker told the authors that Prospera, which gives support to poor families with the expectation that children go to school and have regular health checkups, was copied by over 30 countries. "This was an innovation for the world, not just Mexico," she said. Eliminating it seemed "unthinkable," she added.

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