Dado el gran potencial que tendría el uso intensivo y extendido de los modelos de micro-simulación en América Latina, el Programa de las Naciones Unidas para el Desarrollo (PNUD) y el Centro Internacional de Investigaciones para el Desarrollo de Canadá (IDRC por sus siglas en inglés)...

This book presents several microsimulation models that can be used to assess the welfare consequences of a number of policy reforms in five countries: Brazil, Chile, Guatemala, Mexico and Uruguay. By using micro data from national surveys, the models not only characterize the population on the...

After the economic crisis that erupted in 1994, extreme poverty in Mexico increased steadily until it ended up affecting more than one third of the population in 1996. Since then, the government has increased substantially social benefits, directing most of its efforts toward reducing poverty...