| Date: | 2005-2007 |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Temporary program launched by the Uruguayan government to alleviate the economic crisis that affected the country. The programme included a conditional cash transfer and a number of other interventions in various fields. It was replaced in 2008 by the Equity Plan, that extended the coverage of recipients of PANES and removed conditional transfers. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Families in extreme poverty |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Proxy means test |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | Emergency programme, with a limited duration. |
| Comments: | Access to employment programmes, food support, health and education, and access to housing. It includes the "Building Exit Routes" programme (CRS) that incorporates personal development activities and civic integration. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law 17,869 (2005) |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development (MIDES) |
| Source of funding: | Government of Uruguay |
1) Ingreso ciudadano (Citizen's income)
| Recipient(s): | All participant households of the programme |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Heads of households |
| Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
| Conditionalities: | Health: perform family medical check ups Education: ensure the permanence of children and adolescents in the education system. Other: community activities associated with the programme "Building Exit Routes". |
2) Tarjeta alimentaria (Food card)
| Recipient(s): | Families with children under 18 and / or pregnant women |
| Mode of transfer: | Transfer according to household composition (number of children) |
| Mode of delivery: | Magnetic card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | 4 recipients per household |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Comments: | Part of the National Food Plan Allows to purchase a wide variety of foods, including fresh food, and cleaning supplies, except cigarettes, alcohol and soft drinks. Still in operation after the closure of PANES. |
3) CRS (Construyendo Rutas de Salida / Building Exit Routes)
| Recipient(s): | Heads of households of the families of the programme |
| Comments: | 16,175 heads of households have been assisted, distributed in 780 groups around the country. |
| Description: | Community and socio-educational programme that aimed to implement strategies to overcome the different situations of social emergency. Among its targets were the recovery of the ability of literacy, training, and addressing subjective dimension, promoting the rights of citizenship and self-esteem, and incorporation of participants in several community activities. |
4) TXU (Trabajo por Uruguay / Working for Uruguay)
| Recipient(s): | Heads of households of the families of the programme |
| Comments: | Allowed participant's access to health services, dental health, legal assistance (domestic violence), among others |
| Description: | Emergency employment, particularly in areas of community interest, environmental improvement and promotion of cultural and social initiatives. |
5) PAST (Atención a los Sin Techo / Assistance to the homeless)
| Recipient(s): | Homeless people |
| Description: | Programme that offers homeless people a shelter for rest, dinner and breakfast plus a bed to sleep on, clothes and the possibility of showers. |
6) Mejoramiento del Hábitat (Habitat improvement)
| Recipient(s): | All participant households of the programme. |
| Description: | It aims to contribute and provide support materials and technical assistance to promote the improvement of the places where the families of the programme live, through self-construction. |
7) Microenterprise development program
| Recipient(s): | All participant households of the programme. |
| Description: | Includes the programmes: i) Productive Option Projects (POP) and ii) Strengthening of Local Initiatives. i) Finances up to 60% of the projects, being able to return the capital (cash) or in kind (goods or services). |
Teenage School Attendance and Cash Transfers: An Impact Evaluation of PANES
| Author: | Amarante, V., Ferrando, M. and Vigorito, A. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Economía Journal, vol. 14, No. 1, pages 61-96 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Social Assistance and Birth Outcomes: Evidence from the Uruguayan PANES
| Author: | Amarante, V., Manacorda, M., Miguel, E. and Vigorito, A. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | IDB Working Paper Series No. IDB-WP-244, Inter-American Development Bank |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
School attendance, child labor and Cash Transfers. An impact evaluation of PANES
| Author: | Amarante, V., Ferrando, M., and Vigorito, A. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | PIERI Working Paper, No. 2011-22 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Impact of the Urugayan Conditional Cash Transfer Program
| Author: | Borraz, F., and Gonzalez, N. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Cuadernos de Economía, Vol. 46, pp. 243-271 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Do cash transfers improve birth outcomes? Evidence from matched vital statistics, social security and program data
| Author: | Amarante, V., Manacorda, M., Miguel, E., and Vigorito, A. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | NBER Working Paper n. 17690 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on maternal and child health |
Informe Final de la evaluación intermedia del impacto del PANES
| Author: | Amarante, V., Burdín, G., Ferrando, M., Manacorda, M., and Vigorito, A. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Ministry of Social Development - University of the Republic |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on education, earnings, labour inclusion, and housing conditions |
Plan de Atención nacional a la Emergencia Social (PANES 2005-2007)
| Author: | MIDES |
| Date: | n/d |
| Publication info: | [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Del panes al plan de equidad
| Author: | Banco Mundial |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Publication info: | Technical note, May [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Programas sociales y transferencias de ingresos en Uruguay. Los beneficios no contributivos y las alternativas para su extensión
| Author: | Arim, Rodrigo, Guillermo Cruces and Andrea Vigorito |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Serie políticas sociales (146), ECLAC [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Social policies in Uruguay |
