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Yuri Soares for discussions. The paper is largely though not exclusively based on several studies commissioned by the Office of Evaluation and Oversight (OVE) at the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). It also reports the results from a randomized impact evaluation in Colombia and a non-experimental evaluation in Chile. All conclusions in this paper are solely the responsibility of the authors. This document is not an official publication of the Inter-American Development Bank. Opinions and judgments expressed in this study do not necessarily reflect the view of Bank Management or member countries