| Date: | 2008-2011 |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programme (CCT) with emphasis on nutritional aspects. In mid 2009 the Guatemalan government signed a loan with the IDB to conduct the impact evaluation of the programme, and also received technical assistance from other multilateral lending institutions, development agencies and Latin American countries institutions that have experience in CCT programmes. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Households in extreme poverty with children under age 15 and pregnant women |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Geographic 2) Proxy means test |
| Instrument of selection: | Initial priority municipalities census |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | Loss of eligibility: In the case of periodic health controls, children become ineligible at the age of six, whereas for education grants, children are ineligible when they turn 15. Mothers are ineligible once they pass their puerperium (or post-partum or post-delivery) |
| Comments: | In 2011, the programme covered 302 municipalities out of 333 throughout the country. It was replaced by the new programme "My Safe Bonus" |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Government Agreement 117-2008; Government Agreement 273-2008; Government Agreement 52-2009 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Education, under the coordination of the Council of Social Cohesion |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Education, Special Implementation Unit. |
| Source of funding: | Government of Guatemala; technical assistance by several cooperation entities. |
1) Bono educación (Education Grant)
| Recipient(s): | Children between 6 and 15 years old |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Delivery of cash at public events. |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Bimonthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | One transference per family |
| Conditionalities: | Education: School attendance of 80%, confirmed by specific controls |
| Sanctions: | The household transfer would be canceled if the family fails three times the conditionalities. |
2) Bono salud/nutrición (Health and nutrition Grant)
| Recipient(s): | 1) Children under 6 years old 2) Pregnant women |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Delivery of cash at public events. |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Bimonthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | Bimonthly |
| Conditionalities: | Attendance to medical checks and health training . |
| Sanctions: | The household transfer would be canceled when the family fails three times the conditionalities. |
Desafíos de los programas de transferencias con corresponsabilidad: los casos de Guatemala, Honduras y Nicaragua
| Author: | Cecchini, Simone, Alicia Leiva, Aldo Madariaga and Daniela Trucco |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Santiago, ECLAC [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General Information / Evaluation |
