| Date: | 2000-2002 |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programme, with emphasis on prevention of school dropout in primary education in exchange for a food voucher. It facilitates the access and retention of poor children and young people in the educational system. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Poor families with children aged 6 to 18 years |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Proxy means test. Levels 1, 2 and 3 of the SIPO (Target Population Information System) |
| Instrument of selection: | Social Information Record (FIS) |
| Registry of recipients: | Target Population Information System (SIPO) |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | |
| Responsible organization(s): | Joint Institute for Social Aid (IMAS) |
| Executing organization(s): | IDB |
| Source of funding: | IDB, National Social Development Fund |
1) Transferencia monetaria condicionada (Conditional Cash Transfer)
| Recipient(s): | All participant households of the programme |
| Mode of delivery: | Food Stamps |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | 1 grant |
| Conditionalities: | Education: School attendance for children aged 6 to 18 years. Food: Do not use the food stamps to buy liquor, cigarettes, drugs or other goods and not to transfer vouchers to third parties. |
| Sanctions: | The support can be interrupted if conditions are not met |
The Effect of Conditional Transfers on School Performance and Child Labor: Evidence from an Ex-Post Impact Evaluation in Costa Rica
| Author: | Suzanne Duryea and Andrew Morrison |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Publication info: | Interamerican Development Bank - World Bank [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: |
Las Transferencias Condicionadas En América Latina: Luces Y Sombras
| Author: | Villatoro, Pablo |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | Eclac [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: |
Final report Workshop On Conditional Cash Transfer Programs (ccts): operational experiences
| Author: | Ayala consulting Co |
| Date: | 2003 |
| Publication info: | Quito, Ecuador [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Workshop report |
