We describe several characteristics of the two most important targeted cash transfer programs in Brazil, the Continuous Cash Benefit - BPC and the Bolsa Familia, and discuss their institutional aspects, long term sustainability, beneficiaries and levels of targeting. We also address the need of...

Since the late 1990s, conditional cash transfers (CCTs) have been broadly disseminated as one of the best practices in social protection. Brazil has been a pioneer in this area and today has one of the largest CCTs in the world, covering 26 per cent of the population. Created by the government...

Desde o final dos anos 1990, os programas de transferências condicionadas de renda (PTC) vêm sendo amplamente disseminados como melhores práticas em matéria de proteção social. O Brasil foi pioneiro nesta área e hoje conta com um dos maiores programas de PTC do mundo, cobrindo 26 por...

Programas de Transferência Condicional de Renda (CCT) têm sido implementados em mais de uma dúzia de países Latino-Americanos nos últimos 10 anos. Na medida em que os modelos originais se tornaram largamente disseminados, os novos programas tiveram que confrontar questões ainda não...

This Working Paper offers an institutional overview and comparative analysis of the Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) experiences of El Salvador (Red Solidaria) and Paraguay (Tekoporã). We focus on the potential contradictions and tensions that arise from the double objectives of these...

We describe several characteristics of the two most important targeted cash transfer programs in Brazil, the Continuous Cash Benefit (BPC) and the Bolsa Familia. We discuss their institutional aspects, long term sustainability, beneficiaries and levels of targeting. We also address the need for...

In the context of the increasing prominence of conditional cash transfers (CCTs) in the development agenda of many developing countries, this Country Study provides an analytic overview of the challenges faced by El Salvador?s CCT programme, Red Solidaria, (Solidarity Network). The purpose is to...

Este Documento de Trabajo ofrece un panorama institucional y un análisis comparativo de las experiencias en Transferencias Monetarias Condicionadas (TMC) de El Salvador (Red Solidaria) y Paraguay (Tekoporã). Enfocamos en las contradicciones y tensiones potenciales que emergen de los dos...