Progresa / Oportunidades / Prospera (Mexico, 1997–2018)

1. Progresa launched as a rural anti-poverty program

   May 1, 1997Labels: Progresa, Rural Mexico

   • FAO
   • PMC

2. Conditional cash transfers and co-responsibilities implemented

   May 1, 1997Labels: Co-responsibilities, CCT model

   • PMC
   • Cambridge

3. Progresa expands beyond initial pilot localities

   Dec 1, 2001Labels: Program scale-up, Mexican states

   • FAO
   • Redalyc

4. Progresa rebranded and reorganized as Oportunidades

   Jan 1, 2002Labels: Oportunidades, Program rebrand

   • Redalyc
   • PMC

5. Oportunidades expands into urban areas

   Jan 1, 2003Labels: Urban expansion, Oportunidades

   • PMC
   • Redalyc

6. Rigorous impact evaluations shape program legitimacy

   Jun 1, 2004Labels: Impact evaluation, Randomized comparisons

   • JDE
   • PMC

7. Program reaches large national coverage levels

   Jan 1, 2012Labels: National coverage, Targeting systems

   • World Bank
   • PMC

8. Oportunidades rebranded as Prospera

   Sep 5, 2014Labels: Prospera, Program rebrand

   • World Bank
   • DOF

9. Prospera operates under updated rules of operation

   Dec 1, 2017Labels: Rules of, Prospera

   • DOF
   • DOF

10. Political transition reshapes social program priorities

    Dec 1, 2018Labels: 2018 political, Wellbeing programs

    • SSA
    • El Diario

11. Prospera era ends, leaving a global policy legacy

    Dec 31, 2018Labels: Global legacy, CCT model

    • World Bank
    • PMC

12. Prospera-linked supports replaced by new “Wellbeing” benefits

    Mar 1, 2019Labels: Wellbeing benefits, Program transition

    • SSA
    • El Diario