| Date: | 2005- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programme (CCT) with emphasis on nutritional aspects. Since 2007, the programme is part of the National Strategy "Crecer", whose objective is the fight against poverty and child malnutrition, coordinating social programmes on the basis of three pillars: restitution of fundamental rights, promotion of productive development and social safety net. The participants have access to the Food Supplement Programme for Higher-Risk Groups (PACFO). In 2009, the programme established an automatic membership process for the participants (current and new) to the Integrated Health Service (SIS). Since 2012, the programme is managed by the Ministry of Social Development and Inclusion, in coordination with other Ministries related to social affairs, such as Ministry of Health, Ministry of Education, and the Ministry of Women and Vulnerables Population. This enables participants to get involved with the public services. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Households in extreme poverty with pregnant women, widowed parents, elderly and / or children up to age 19. Before 2014 the age limit of the adolescents was 14. Indigenous families inhabitants of the Amazon. |
| Geographic scale: | National, but mainly in rural areas |
| Targeting method: | 1) Geográfica: Distritos y centros poblados con un nivel de pobreza mayor al 40% según el Índice de Ponderación Geográfico (IPG). In addition, the entire indigenous population of the Amazon (see comments). 2) Proxy means test: Families in a situation of poverty according to the Socioeconomic Classification of the Household Targeting System (SISFOH). 3) Categorical: The household must have at least one member of the target population and must have lived for more than six months in the district until the date of enrollment in the program. In addition, families must have an adult representative with a valid ID. 4) Community: The Communal Validation Assembly (ACV) is in charge of validating in public consultation the categorical criteria of households registered and not registered in their community. |
| Instrument of selection: | Geographic Weighting Index (IPG) of the poverty maps of the National Institute of Statistics and Informatics (INEI); and the Unique Socioeconomic Card (FSU), with which information is obtained to make the Socioeconomic Classification of families and its incorporation into the Household Targeting System (SISFOH). |
| Registry of recipients: | General Registry of Households (PGH) affiliated with Juntos, which is incorporated in the Household Targeting System (SISFHO). |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | Due to reiterated breach of conditionalities in health and / or education. When the household loses eligibility. There is a process of recertification. Recipient families can be part of the program for 4 years, point at which it is evaluated whether they have overcome their condition of poverty, those who have not achieved it remain in the program but considering a gradual reduction of of the grant. |
| Comments: | The districts are selected by the Board of the programme based on a poverty map developed by the Ministry of Economy and Finance, and the application of variables such as violence, unsatisfied basic needs, poverty gap, extreme poverty and chronic child malnutrition. Then a Socio Economic Assessment is applied to shorten the list. In 2009, the pilot program "Promoting Savings, through the use of their savings and access to financial services" was implemented. This includes non-monetary prizes for the promotion of savings. Beginning in 2009 additional incentives for human capital formation were implemented in Valle de los Ríos Apurímac y Ene (VRAE), areas declared priority for public intervention. Two incentives exist: An annual incentive of $ 100 per child 14 years or older who has passed secondary grade and another of $ 68 per child 14 years old or older located in the upper third of the class at the respective secondary level (minimum score 14 out of 20). The Central Focalization Unit proposed (in the 277-2014-MIDIS report) to categorize the entire indigenous population residing in the Amazon as extreme poverty, to facilitate their access to social programs. As part of the measures to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation, the families of JUNTOS received an advance payment, equivalent to the value of the transfers for the second bymonthly payment (April-May) and the third (May -June) of 2020. Additionally, JUNTOS user families were part of the target population of the Universal Family Allowance, which delivered a transfer of PEN $ 760 (approximately USD $ 221), once per family, as of May 2020. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | DS Nº 032 PCM-2005; DS Nº 062 PCM-2005; DS N° 036-2005-PCM; DS N° 012-2012-MIDIS; DS N° 09-2012-MIDIS and N°277-2014-MIDIS |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion |
| Responsible organization(s) for the registry of recipients: | Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion |
| Source of funding: | Government of Peru; Inter-American Development Bank (IADB) |
1) Bono (Bonus)
| Recipient(s): | All participant households of the programme |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Delivery / Cash withdrawal |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Bimonthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Representative of the participating household (mother or father) |
| Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
| Conditionalities: | Health: Health checks attendance for children 0 to 5 years, pregnant women and infants. Nutrition: Participation in the programme of Food Supplement Programme for Higher-Risk Groups (PACFO) (children between 6 months and 2 years). Education:85% school attendance for children 6 to 14 years Identification: Enroll children to obtain their ID. |
| Comments: | As part of the measures to face the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic and social isolation, the families of JUNTOS received an advance payment, equivalent to the value of the transfers for the second bymonthly payment (April-May) and the third (May -June) of 2020. Additionally, JUNTOS user families were part of the target population of the Universal Family Allowance, which delivered a transfer of PEN $ 760 (approximately USD $ 221), once per family, as of May 2020. |
| Amount : | PEN $200 (in 2020); see Data Excel format |
2) Family accompanying
| Recipient(s): | All recipients households of the programme |
| Comments: | Promotes the exercise of rights and duties in health, nutrition and education, through home visits and various collective actions. |
(Un)Conditional Love in the Time of Conditional Cash Transfers: The Effect of the Peruvian JUNTOS Program on Spousal Abuse
| Author: | Días, J.J. and Saldarriaga, V. |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Publication info: | Journal of Economic Development and Cultural Change, forthcoming. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Unjust Conditions: Women’s Work and the Hidden Cost of Cash Transfer Programs
| Author: | Cookson, T.P. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | Oakland: University of California Press, 2018. DOI: https://doi.org/10.1525/luminos.49 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Program analysis |
Do Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) raise educational attainment? An impact evaluation of Juntos in Peru
| Author: | Gaentzsch, Anja |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Publication info: | Development Policy Review |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Conditional cash transfers, payment dates and labor supply: evidence from Peru
| Author: | Fernández, F. and Saldarriaga, V. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | CEDLAS, Working Paper, N° 140, Buenos Aires, Universidad Nacional de La Plata |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Incentivo de JUNTOS para el desarrollo de capital humano en el VRAEM
| Author: | MIDIS |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Study |
El Impacto del Programa JUNTOS en el acceso a servicios de salud y educación y en la reducción de la brecha de pobreza. Documento de política.
| Author: | MIDIS |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact on health and education |
Evaluación de impacto del piloto Esquemas Alternativos de Transferencias (EAT) del programa JUNTOS - Línea de base
| Author: | Consorcio Macroconsult - Cuánto |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Evaluación de Impacto del programa JUNTOS – Resultados finales. Informe de evaluación.
| Author: | MEF |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | Prepared by Álvaro Monge, Janice Seinfeld and Yohnny Campana. Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Evaluación de Impacto del programa JUNTOS - Línea de base
| Author: | Consorcio Santiago Consultores and MVI Social |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Estudio cualitativo sobre el incentivo monetario del programa JUNTOS al desarrollo de capital humano en el VRAEM
| Author: | Yeckting, F.T. and D. Villafuerte. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Study |
Evaluación del proceso de afiliación del programa JUNTOS
| Author: | Guerrero, E. and C. Velarde. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Evaluation |
Evaluación del rol de las Madres Líderes del programa JUNTOS
| Author: | Guerrero, E. and C. Velarde. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Desarrollo e Inclusión Social (MIDIS), Lima |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Evaluation |
The unseen gender impact of conditionality: extra-official conditions
| Author: | Cookson, T. P. |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | One pager No. 345 of the International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
The Most Effective Means of Social Protection? An Evaluation of the Impact of Conditional Cash Transfers on Schooling and Child Labour in Peru
| Author: | Tercelli, I. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Basic Income Studies 2013; 8(2): 173–202 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Cash transfers in Latin America: Effects on poverty and redistribution
| Author: | Amarante, V., and Brun, M. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | WIDER Working Paper 2016/136 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Evaluation |
Participation in the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Program in Peru Is Associated with Changes in Child Anthropometric Status but Not Language Development or School Achievement
| Author: | Andersen, C., Reynolds, S., Behrman, J., Crookston, B., Dearden, K., Escobal, J., Mani, S., Sanchez, A., Stein, A., and Fernald, L. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | The Journal of Nutrition |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
The Impact of the Juntos Conditional Cash Transfer Programme in Peru on Nutritional and Cognitive Outcomes: Does the Age of Exposure Matter?
| Author: | Sanchez, A., Melendez, G., and Behrman, J. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Young Lives, Working paper No. 153. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Juntos en cifras 2005-2014
| Author: | MIDIS |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Report of the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General Information |
5 years in Juntos: New evidence on the program's short and long-term impacts
| Author: | Perova, E. and Renos, V. |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Revista Economía, Departamento de Economía de la Pontificia Universidad Católica del Perú |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on education and nutrition |
Implementación del Programa Nacional de Apoyo Directo a los más Pobres “Juntos“
| Author: | Lizarzaburu, P. |
| Date: | 2008` |
| Publication info: | PNUD Perú [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Process evaluation |
Microsimulador de transferencias condicionadas en educación para el programa Juntos
| Author: | Díaz, J. J. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Ex-ante evaluation |
Informe compilatorio: el programa Juntos, resultados y retos
| Author: | Aramburú, E. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Programa Juntos [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | results evaluation |
Diseño de una estrategia de graduación diferenciada de los hogares beneficiarios del programa Juntos
| Author: | Alcazar, L. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Programa Juntos y Grupo de Análisis para el Desarrollo (GRADE) [en línea] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | evaluation |
Más tiempo en el programa, mejores resultados: duración e impactos del programa JUNTOS en el Perú
| Author: | Perova, E. and Vakis, R. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Programa Juntos y Banco Mundial [en línea] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | impact on health, nutrition and education |
Estudio de evaluación: Efectos del Programa JUNTOS en la economía local de las zonas rurales a cinco años de intervención en la Regiones Apurímac, Huancavelica, Ayacucho y Huánuco.
| Author: | Segovia, G. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | International Health Group [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | impact on local economy |
Impacto del programa Juntos sobre nutrición temprana
| Author: | Sánchez, A. y Jaramillo, M. |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Serie Documentos de Trabajo, Banco Central Reserva del Perú |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | impact on nutrition |
Perú: Programa Juntos en Transferencias con corresponsabilidad. Una mirada latinoamericana, E. Cohen y R. Franco (coords.)
| Author: | Francke, Pedro and Armando Mendoza |
| Date: | 2006 |
| Publication info: | Mexico, FLACSO/SEDESOL [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Welfare impacts of the -Juntos- Program in Peru: Evidence from a non-experimental evaluation
| Author: | Perova, Elizaveta and Renos Vakis |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | World Bank [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
