Transcript CCTs: How Do They Work

From the Puente in the
Caribbean Program to the
Inter-American Social
Protection Network
Francisco Pilotti, Director
Department of Social Development and Employment
St. Michael, January 19-20, 2011
Puente in the Caribbean:
Overview
Background
Content
Training Methodology
BACKGROUND
Mandates
Millennium Development Goal No. 1:
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Eradicate Extreme Poverty and Hunger
IV Summit of the Americas:
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Identify and exchange, within the framework of the OAS,
practices in the region regarding policies and programs to
confront poverty.
I Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of
Social Development
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Foster the establishment of an Inter-American Social
Protection Network
V Summit of the Americas
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Create an Inter-American Social Protection Network
II Meeting of Ministers and High-Level Authorities of
Social Development
Program Selection Criteria
Effective reduction of extreme poverty
Effective reduction of inequality
Effective targeting aimed at the poorest
Consolidated programs
Conditional Cash Transfers
They meet the established criteria
They attack the reproduction of
intergenerational poverty
The family as a unit of intervention:
delivery of integrated services
Participation of local governments
Empowerment of citizens
User satisfaction
CCTs: How Do They Work
Cash Transfers to Poor
Families:
-Targeted to the poor
- Benefits set to maximize
positive incentives
- Paid to women
Co-responsibilities for
beneficiaries:
- Regular school attendance
- Health care
- Vaccinations
- Pre- and post-natal visits
- Regular check-ups
- Participate in seminars/
nutrition education
Basic CCT Logic
Increased
Consumption
levels
Cash Transfer
Program
Immediate
alleviation of
household poverty
Conditions
School attendance
Preventive health
Nutrition
Investment in
children’s human
capital
Reduction of
poverty across
generations
CCTs are found in 18 LAC countries and cover
25 million families (approx. 113 million persons)
País
Programa
Duración
Argentina
Asignación Universal por Hijo para Protección Social
Bolivia (Estado plurinacional de)
Bono Juancito Pinto / Bono Juana Azurduy de Padilla
Brasil
Bolsa Família
2003-
Chile
Chile Solidario
2002-
Colombia
Familias en Acción
2001-
Costa Rica
Avancemos
2006-
Ecuador
Bono de Desarrollo Humano
1998-
El Salvador
Comunidades Solidarias (ex-Red Solidaria)
2005-
Guatemala
Mi Familia Progresa
2008-
Honduras
PRAF
1990-
Jamaica
Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH)
2002-
México
Oportunidades (Ex-PROGRESA)
1997-
Panamá
Red de Oportunidades
2006-
Paraguay
Tekoporâ
2005-
Perú
Juntos
2005-
República Dominicana
Solidaridad
2005-
Trinidad y Tobago
Conditional Cash Transfer Programme (CCTP)
2006-
Uruguay
Asignaciones Familiares
2008-
20092006- / 2009-
Investment in CCTs average 0,40% of
regional GDP
1.2
1.17
LAC (18 COUNTRIES):
CCT EXPENDITURE CIRCA 2010
(As a percentage of GDP)
1.0
0.8
Promedio ponderado: 0,40
0.6
0.51
0.51
0.47
0.4
0.45
0.40
0.39
0.39
0.36
0.33
0.32
0.24
0.2
0.22
0.20
0.19
0.14
0.11
0.02
0.0
Fuente: Elaboración propia, sobre la base de CEPAL, División de Desarrollo Social, Base de datos de programas de asistencia social.
CCTs cover 19% of the region’s
population
45.0
44.3
LAC (18 COUNTRIES):
CCT COVERAGE, CIRCA 2009
(As a percentage of total population)
40.0
35.0
30.0
26.4
25.0
20.0
25.2
Promedio ponderado: 19,3
24.6
22.6
21.2
17.5
15.0
11.6
10.0
5.0
11.3
10.9
8.7
8.6
8.3
8.2
7.6
6.8
3.3
0.0
Fuente: Elaboración propia, sobre la base de CEPAL, División de Desarrollo Social, Base de datos de programas de asistencia social.
2.4
CCTs and Social Policy
CCTs are not a panacea against social
exclusion. Their limitations should be
recognized and addressed by focusing on
more comprehensive social policy reforms that
include, but are not limited to, CCT programs.
CCTs may not be appropriate in some settings.
CCTs’ effectiveness may increase by
strengthening links to the labor market
The Puente Program
Established in 2002, the Program
focuses on the family as the unit of
intervention. During 24 months,
Puente seeks to empower the family
in order to improve its quality of life
in seven dimensions:
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Health
Education
Civil Registry (Identification)
Housing
Employment
Family Dynamics
Income Generation
Strategic Alliance Chile –
OAS - Caribbean
OAS
Chile: FOSIS - MIDEPLAN
Trinidad & Tobago: Ministry of Social Development,
St. Lucia: Ministry of Social Transformation and
Poverty Reduction Fund
Jamaica: Jamaica Social Investment Fund and the
Ministry of Labor and Social Security
Barbados: Ministry of Social Care, Constituency
Empowerment and Community Development
St. Kitts and Nevis: Ministry of Community
Development, Culture and Gender Affairs
Suriname: Ministry of Social Affairs and Housing
St. Vincent and the Grenadines: Ministry of National
Mobilization, Social Development, Youth and Sports
Strategic Alliance: Partners
•University of the West Indies
•CIDA – Canada
•Government of Chile
•World Bank
•United States Department of State
•People’s Republic of China
•Educational Portal of the Americas
Main Activities – Phase I
2007
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Formation of task force
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Launching workshop, Kingston
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Website
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Internship, Chile
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National work plans
2008
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Monitoring by FOSIS tutors in the Caribbean
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Evaluation of achievements, Trinidad and Tobago,
September 9 - 10
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Results presented at Conference for CARICOM
countries, September 11 - 12
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Incorporation of 4 new countries into the Program
Outcomes - Phase I
Trinidad and Tobago: STEP - UP
Jamaica: BRIDGE
St. Lucia: KOUDEMAIN
Main Activities – Phase II
2009
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St Lucia: Preparatory workshop for 4 new
countries
Chile: Internship
2010
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Launch of virtual forum
OAS monitoring visit to 4 countries
Training materials
Chilean tutors visit 4 countries
Barbados meeting: the way forward
CONTENT
The Puente Approach
Psychosocial
Support and Subsidies
Families in extreme
poverty
24 months
Follow-Up
Autonomous families with access to
protection networks
Toolkit: what’s inside? Can the contents be shared?
Unpacking the Contents of the Toolkit:
Critical Transference
• Institutional
Framework
• Political and Policy Dimensions
• Targeting Techniques
• Family Intervention Techniques
Theoretical Underpinnings
Social Protection and Social Risk
Management
Human Capital and Social Capital
Ecological Approach to Child and Family
Welfare
Rights Based Approach to Social Policy
TRAINING
METHODOLOGY
Capacity Building
CAPACITY: The emerging
combination of individual
competencies, collective
capabilities, assets and
relationships that enables a
system to create value
Capacity Building and Institutional
Strengthening
Knowledge – Learning - Application
Input:
Training
Output:
Learning
Outcome:
Changes
in the
Workplace
Impact:
Enhanced
Institutional
Capacity
Puente’s Approach to
Capacity Building
Operations Manual
Workshops
Internships
Work
Plan
Tutoring
Virtual
Forum
Strategy – Implementation - Assessment
Capacity Building Through
Communities of Practice
A group of persons that share a set
of issues and problems, and who
deepen their knowledge and
expertise in this area by interacting
on an ongoing basis.
Interaction allows: joint learning,
social relations, sense of belonging
and collective commitment
Inter-American Social
Protection Network
(IASPN)
“Exchanging experiences, expanding opportunities”
Inter-American Social Protection Network
(IASPN)
V Summit of the Americas
April 17 – 19, 2009
Port of Spain
Launch of the IASPN
September 22, 2009 –
New York City
What is the IASPN?
A community of practice for national social
development ministries and agencies to promote
the exchange and transfer of experiences and
knowledge on social protection, in collaboration
with international organizations, nongovernmental organizations, private sector and
academia.
General Objectives
Promote inter-American cooperation mechanisms for the
exchange and transfer of social protection best practices and
experiences.
Strengthen the institutional capacity of national social
development ministries and agencies in formulating and
implementing social protection policies and programs.
Bring together key actors and institutions throughout the region
to engage in agenda-setting dialogue on social protection.
Generate a community of practice of policy-makers and
practitioners through a knowledge and learning network.
IASPN: Structure
and Composition
IASPN Political
Process: Timeline
NYC 2009
V Summit
2009
Social
Development
Ministerial 2008
Social
Development
Ministerial
2010
VI
Summit/Soc
ial
Developmen
t Ministerial
2012
IASPN Technical
process: Timeline
Core
cooperation
network
NYC 2009
Virtual
tools
CARICO
M
Social
Developme
nt/Emloyme
nt Interministerial
Mexico
2011
JSWG
InterAgency
Cooperation
2011-2012