Date: | 2006-2009 |
Description: | Conditional cash transfer (CCT) pilot programme, financed with an IDB loan (1568/SF-HO) and successor of the PRAF / IDB Tranche II programme. This programme was developed in parallel to the PRAF that is implemented with national funds and aimed to standarize operational structures and transfers of both programmes. |
Characteristics
Target population: | Families in extreme poverty with children under 12 years old , and/ot pregnant/breastfeeding women |
Geographic scale: | Regional (Intibucá, La Paz, Lempira y Santa Bárbara departments) |
Targeting method: | 1) Geographic 2) Proxy means test |
Instrument of selection: | Beneficiaries Registration System of Honduras (SIRBHO) |
Registry of recipients: | Beneficiaries Registration System of Honduras (SIRBHO) |
Exit strategies or criteria: | When the household loses eligibility. |
Comments: | * The programme consists of two different modalities. The first is an "initial intervention" that includes only one cash transfer (Nutrition Grant) without any conditionality, but with promotion of the demand for education and health services; the second modality is an "integral intervention" that, in addition to the Nutrition Grant, delivers a Health Grant and an Education Grant, subject to conditionalities. |
Institutionality
Legal framework: | |
Responsible organization(s): | Presidency of the Republic |
Executing organization(s): | PRAF (Family Allowance Programme) and Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). |
Source of funding: | Government of Honduras, Inter-American Development Bank (IDB). |
1) Bono de nutrición (Nutrition bonus)
Recipient(s): | 1) Children under 6 years at risk of malnutrition or disabled 2) Pregnant / breastfeeding women |
Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
Mode of delivery: | Cash delivery / withdrawal |
Periodicity of delivery: | Every four months |
Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
Conditionalities: | Health: 3 or 4 health workshops attendance yearly; Consumption of nutritional supplements for children aged 5 years; Mothers must receive nutritional support |
2) Bono de salud (Health Grant)
Recipient(s): | 1) Children under 5 years 2) Pregnant / breastfeeding women |
Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
Mode of delivery: | Cash delivery / withdrawal |
Periodicity of delivery: | Every four months |
Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
Conditionalities: | Health: 3 or 4 health workshops attendance yearly; Vaccinations schedule compliance and health checks for children aged 5 years; Mothers must do health checks and institutional births |
3) Bono educación (Education Grant)
Recipient(s): | Children between 6 and 14 years enrolled through 6th grade in public schools |
Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
Mode of delivery: | Cash delivery / withdrawal |
Periodicity of delivery: | Every four months |
Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
Conditionalities: | Education: No more than 9 unexcused absences per quarter; Children 13 or 14 years old who have not finished sixth grade, but have met attendance requirements, may continue to receive the grant. |
Sanctions: | Children 13 or 14 years old who have not completed sixth grade and have not fulfilled the conditionalities are not entitled to receive the bonus. |
Programa de apoyo integral a la Red de protección Social. Línea de crédito condicional para proyectos de inversión (HO-X1012) y primer programa (HO-L1032)
Author: | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
Date: | n/d |
Publication info: | [online] |
Link: | See Webpage |
Topic: | Description |
Memorando. ASUNTO: Honduras - Apoyo Integral a la Red de Protección Social (HO-L1032). Perfil de Proyecto.
Author: | Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) |
Date: | 2008 |
Publication info: | [online] |
Link: | See Webpage |
Topic: | Description |