| Date: | 2003- |
| Description: | The largest conditional cash transfer programme in the region in terms of coverage. It was created in 2003 with the unification of the sectorial conditional cash transfer programmes (Bolsa Escola, Bolsa Alimentação, Cartão Alimentação, Auxilio-Gas). In 2005, it also unified the Child labour Eradication Program (PETI) including specific conditionalities to poor families that present child labour situations.Since 2012, it include a bonus to overcome extreme poverty, which covers the difference between the per capita family income and the value of the extreme poverty line. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Families in poverty and extreme poverty |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Families with per capita income below the poverty line, according to household surveys.
2) Set quotas on the number of recepient families at the municipal level, as a result of the analysis of the number of families with per capita income below the poverty line according to household surveys 3) Municipalities register families that, according to the CadÚnico, have a per capita income lower than half the minimum wage or families whose total income is lower than three minimum wages. 4) Means test and comparative analysis with other databases and administrative datasets |
| Instrument of selection: | Household surveys from the Brazilian Institute of Geography and Statistics (IBGE) and information in the Unified Registry (Cadastro Único para Programas Sociais do Governo Federal or CadÚnico). |
| Registry of recipients: | Unfied registry for social programmes (CadÚnico) |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | When household loses eligibility. Recertification every two years. The program Bolsa Familia allows for a temporary stay in the program of two additional years if the household per capita monthly income exceeds the threshold stablished by the program but not the the average minimum monthly wage per capita. Links with employment and training programmes |
| Comments: | Beneficiaries have access to "complementary programmes" administered by each municipality in matters of vocational training, education, microcredit, among others. Households that voluntarily inform a level of income higher than the threshold of eligibility can enter the program in the future if their socioeconomic level worsens in the following 36 months (retorno garantido) |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law 10836 (2004), Decree no. 5209 (2004), Decree no. 6135 (2007), Decree no 6157 (2007), Decree no 6917 (2009), Decree no 7447 (2011). Ordnance GM / MDS No. 321 of September 29, 2008. Provisional Measure no. 407 (2007), Decree Nº 7.758, (2012) |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS) |
| Executing organization(s): | National Secretariat for Citizen is Income (SENARC) and Management Council of the Bolsa Familia Program - CGPBF |
| Responsible organization(s) for the registry of recipients: | The Ministry of Social Development (MDS) is the body responsible for the CadÚnico and the Caixa Econômica Federal is the body responsible for its operation. |
| Source of funding: | Federal Government of Brazil, World Bank (WB) |
1) Bono básico (Basic Bonus)
| Recipient(s): | Families in extreme poverty (monthly income less than BRL$89 per capita) |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Magnetic card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
| Conditionalities: | Education: Minimum school attendance of 85% for children and adolescents between 6 and 15 years old. For children and adolescents at risk, or removed from child labour, minimum attendance of 85% to social and educational services Health: Compliance with the vaccination schedule and the control of growth and development for children under 7 years, prenatal care and monitoring of breastfeeding mothers between 14 and 44 years old. |
| Sanctions: | First register of failure: Household receives a warning, but it does not affect or alter the perception of the benefit Second register of failure: Household will have a penalty, benefit blocked for 1 month Third register of failure: Benefit suspended for 2 months Fourth register of failure: The household can have the benefit canceled. |
| Amount : | BRL$89 (in 2019); see Data Excel format |
2) Bono variable (Variable Bonus)
| Recipient(s): | Children under age 15 living in poor families (monthly income less than BRL$178 per capita) |
| Mode of transfer: | Transfer according to family composition (number of children) |
| Mode of delivery: | Magnetic card/debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | Five beneficiaries per family |
| Conditionalities: | Education: Minimum school attendance of 85% for children and adolescents between 6 and 15 years old. For children and adolescents at risk, or removed from child labour, minimum attendance of 85% to social and educational services Health: Compliance with the vaccination schedule and the control of growth and development for children under 7 years, prenatal care and monitoring of breastfeeding mothers between 14 and 44 years old. |
| Amount : | BRL $41 (in 2019), with a maximum of five beneficiaries (BRL$205); see Data Excel format |
3) Bono variable adolescente (Variable Bonus for Adolescents)
| Recipient(s): | Adolescents between age 16 and 17 in poor families (monthly income less than BRL$178 per capita) |
| Mode of transfer: | Transfer according to family composition (number of adolescents) |
| Mode of delivery: | Magnetic card/debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mother |
| Maximum per household: | Two beneficiaries per family |
| Conditionalities: | Education: Minimum school attendance of 75% |
| Sanctions: | First breach: warning Second breach: the benefit will be suspended for 60 days Third breach: the benefit is canceled. |
| Amount : | BRL$48 (in 2019) with a maximum of two beneficiaries (BRL$ 96); see Data Excel format |
4) Bono variable embarazadas (Variable Bonus for Pregnant Women )
| Recipient(s): | Pregnant women between 14 and 44 years old living in extreme poverty (monthly income less than BRL$178 per capita) . |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Conditionalities: | Prenatal check-ups attendance during pregnancy |
| Sanctions: | If the beneficiary does not attend to prenatal check-ups, the benefit can be canceled. |
| Comments: | The nine transfers will be paid independently of the month in which the women has been identified by the programme as pregnant. The pregnant benefit is compatible with the adolescent benefit for pregnant adolescents. |
| Amount : | BRL $41 (in 2019) during nine months |
5) Bono variable niños lactantes (Variable Bonus for Lactating Children )
| Recipient(s): | Lactanting children between 0 and 6 months living in extreme poverty (monthly income less than BRL$178 per capita). |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Maximum per household: | Five beneficiaries per family |
| Conditionalities: | Compliance with the vaccination schedule and the medical controls (weight and height) |
| Sanctions: | In case the beneficiary does not comply with the vaccination schedule or the medical controls, the benefit can be canceled |
| Amount : | BRL$41 (in 2019) during six months |
6) Bono para la Superación de la Extrema Pobreza (Benefit to overcome extreme poverty)
| Recipient(s): | Households that have an income per capita under BRL$89 after receiving the other benefits of the programme. |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | Does not have |
| Description: | The benefit to overcome extreme poverty complements the household's income in order to make their monthly income per capita overcome BRL$89 (in 2019). This benefit, which was first targeted to households with children between 0 and 6 years old (through Brasil Carinhoso), was widened in 2013 to all the beneficiaries households even if they do not have children. |
| Amount : | The amount is equal to the difference needed by households to exceed a monthly per capita income of BRL$85. |
7) PAIF (Programa de Atención Integral a la Familia / Comprehensive Family Support Programme)
| Recipient(s): | All beneficiary households of the programme |
| Description: | Social and educational service that monitors households that do not meet the conditionalities of Bolsa Familia. Monitoring is case by case and depends on the type of failure:, vulnerabilities and strengths of targeted households to implement a monitoring plan. This component is executed by the Social Assistance Reference Centres (CRAS), which are about 3,800 nationwide. |
8) Brasil Carinhoso
| Recipient(s): | Children between 0 and 6 years in extreme poverty. |
| Mode of transfer: | Delivery of cash and food complements (Iron and A vitamin) |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Maximum per household: | One benefit per family |
| Description: | This component seeks to extend health and nutrition coverage for children under 6 years and to improve access to nurseries. |
The intergenerational relationship between conditional cash transfers and newborn health
| Author: | Lucas, A. D. P., Ferreira, M. O., Lucas, T. D. P., and Salari, P. |
| Date: | 2022 |
| Publication info: | BMC Public Health, 22:201 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Conditional cash transfers and child labor
| Author: | Cepaluni, G., Chewning, T. K., Driscoll, A., and Faganello, M. A. |
| Date: | 2022 |
| Publication info: | World Development 152 (2022) 105768 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
A focalização do Programa Bolsa Família (PBF) no período 2012-2018, a partir dos dados da pesquisa nacional por amostra de domicílios contínua (PNAD contínua)
| Author: | Paiva, L. H., Fernandes de Souza, M., and Nunes, H. M. P. |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Publication info: | Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada (ipea). Texto para Discussão No. 2567. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of program results |
Social Programs and Formal Employment: Evidence from the Brazilian Bolsa Família Program
| Author: | Fruttero, A., Ribeiro, A., and Paiva, L. H. |
| Date: | 2020 |
| Publication info: | International Monetary Fund. Working Paper No. 20/99 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Effect of the Brazilian cash transfer programme on suicide rates:Effect of the Brazilian cash transfer programme on suicide rates: a longitudinal analysis of the Brazilian municipalities
| Author: | Alves, F.J.O., Machado, D.B. and Barreto, M.L. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | Social Psychiatry and Psychiatric Epidemiology 54, 599–606 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
The effects of Brazil’s Bolsa Família programme on poverty and inequality: an assessment of the first 15 years
| Author: | Ferreira de Souza, P. H. G., Guerreiro Osorio, R. Paiva, L. H., y Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Publication info: | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth. One pager 429 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Os Efeitos do Programa Bolsa Família sobre a Pobreza e a Desigualdade: um balanço dos primeiros quinze anos
| Author: | Ferreira de Souza, P. H. G., Guerreiro Osorio, R. Paiva, L. H., and Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Publication info: | Texto para discussão No. 2499, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Efeito do Programa Bolsa Família sobre a oferta de trabalho das mães
| Author: | Albuquerque, P. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Economia e Sociedade, Campinas, v. 19, n. 3 (40), p. 613-635, |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Programas Focalizados de Transferência de Renda No Brasil: Contribuições o debate
| Author: | Medeiros, M., Britto, T. and Soares, F. |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | Texto para discussão No. 1283, Instituto de Pesquisa Econômica Aplicada |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information and impact evaluations |
Sumário Executivo Avaliação de Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família
| Author: | CEDEPLAR |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | Secretary of Evaluation and Information Management, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Transferencias monetarias condicionadas y políticas de desarrollo rural en Brasil: posibles sinergias entre Bolsa Familia y el PRONAF
| Author: | García, F., Helfand, S. and Portela-Souza, A. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Protection, production, promotion: Exploring synergies between social protection and rural productive development in Latin America, chapter 2, J. Maldonado and others (comps), Bogotá, Universidad de los Andes. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information and impact evaluations |
Bolsa Família and household labour supply
| Author: | De Brauw, A. Gilligan, D., Hoddinott, J. and Roy, S. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | Economic Development and Cultural Change, vol. 63, N° 3, Chicago, University of Chicago Press |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Bolsa Família, occupational choice and informality in Brazil
| Author: | Barbosa, A. and Corseuil, C. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Working paper, N° 118, Brasilia, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth/ United Nations Development Programme (IPC-IG/UNDP) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Is the effect of conditional transfers on labor supply negligible everywhere
| Author: | Ribas, R. and Soares, F. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Unpublised [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Assessment of the implications of the bolsa família programme for the decent work agenda
| Author: | Machado, A.,Fontes, G., Antigo, M., Sieczkowski, R. and Soares, F. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Working paper, N° 85, Brasilia, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth/ United Nations Development Programme (IPC-IG/UNDP). |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information and impact evaluations |
A heterogeneity analysis of the Bolsa Família programme effect on men and women’s work supply
| Author: | Teixeira, C. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Working Paper, N° 61, Brasilia, International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth/ United Nations Development Programme (IPC-IG/UNDP). |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Efeitos de elegibilidade e condicionalidade do Programa Bolsa Família sobre a alocaçao de tempo dos membros do domicilio
| Author: | Pedrozo, E. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Doctoral Thesis, São Paulo, Getúlio Vargas Foundation |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information and impact evaluations |
Primeiros Resultados da Análise da Linha de Base da Pesquisa de Avaliação de Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família
| Author: | Oliveira, A., Andrade, M., Resende, A., Ribas, R., Rodrigues, C. and Rodrigues, L. |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | Avaliação de políticas e programas do MDS: Results, vol. 2, J. Vaitsman and R. Paes-Sousa (coords.), Brasilia, Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Coordenação do Bolsa Família nos sistemas de políticas públicas
| Author: | Licio, E. C. |
| Date: | 2019 |
| Publication info: | Working paper Nº 2455, IPEA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Bolsa Familia 15 Anos (2003-2018)
| Author: | Viana, I., Kawauchi, M. and Barbosa, T. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | Document from ENAP |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General and historical information about the programme and its impacts |
Conditional cash transfer programme: Impact on homicide rates and hospitalisations from violence in Brazil
| Author: | Machado DB, Rodrigues LC, Rasella D, Lima Barreto M, Araya R. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | Research article PLoS ONE 13(12): e0208925 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
The power of lump sums: Using maternity payment schedules to reduce the gender asset gap in households reached by Brazil’s Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer
| Author: | Morton, G. D. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | World Development 113 (2019) 352–367 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Cash transfer in Brazil and nutritional outcomes: a systematic review
| Author: | Martins, A., D. Canella, L. Baraldi, & C. Monteiro |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Rev. Saúde Pública 47 (6) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of changes in diet and nutrition among recipients of the Bolsa Familia |
Family violence and body mass index among adolescents enrolled in the Bolsa Família Program and treated at a primary care clinic.
| Author: | Silva, A.; Taquette, S. & Hasselmann, M. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Cad. Saúde Pública, Rio de Janeiro , v. 30, n. 3, p. 645-656 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of family violence and nutrition for adolescents in the Bolsa Familia program |
Política social, paradigma de bem-estar e prática política: análise comparativa de programas de transferências condicionadas.
| Author: | Ruscheinsky, A. & Mendizábal, D. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Revista Katálysis, 17(1), 31-40. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Comparative analysis of policy implementation between the programs Bolsa Familia in Brazil and Oportunidades in Mexico. |
Métodos de análise em programas de segurança alimentar e nutricional: uma experiência no Brasil.
| Author: | Carvalho, A., E. Almeida, E. Nilson, J. Ubarana, I. Fernández and M. Immink |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Ciência & Saúde Coletiva, 18(2), 309-321. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of food security methods in Brazil |
Salário mínimo, Bolsa Família e desempenho relativo recente da economia do Nordeste
| Author: | Barros, A. R. and D. Athias |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Brazilian Journal of Political Economy, 33(1), 179-199 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of the relation between changes in the minimum wage and the Bolsa Familia program with the economy of the Northeast of Brazil. |
Programa Bolsa Família e segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil: revisão crítica da literatura
| Author: | Cotta R. M. M., and J. C. Machado |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013:33(1):54–60 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Literature review about the effect of the program Bolsa Familia on food and nutrition security. |
Política de segurança alimentar e nutricional no Brasil: uma análise da alocação de recursos
| Author: | Battaglia Custódio, M., T. Yuka Yuba, and D. Cavallini Cyrillo |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013;33(2):144–50. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of budget allocation for food security and nutrition policies in Brasil |
Formas sutis de dominação hierarquizada: Corpo e feminização da pobreza
| Author: | Lucas, L., and T. Hoff |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Publication info: | Ex aequo. 2008, n.17, pp.133-154. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of empowerment of women after Bolsa Familia |
Processos de exclusão social e iniquidades em saúde: um estudo de caso a partir do Programa Bolsa Família, Brasil
| Author: | Alves, H., and S. Escorel |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Rev Panam Salud Publica. 2013;34(6):429–36 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of health exclusion processes and inequality of the Bolsa Familia program |
(In)segurança alimentar no Brasil: uma análise das políticas públicas dos governos de Lula+D11:D13
| Author: | Lopes Ferreira Vinhas, A. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Cuadernos de Geografía - Revista Colombiana de Geografía. No. 19 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis of public policies implemented during president Lula's terms. |
Effects of a conditional cash transfer programme on child nutrition in Brazil
| Author: | Paes-Sousa, R., L.M. Pacheco Santos and E.Shisue Miazaki |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Bull World Health Organ 2011;89:496–503 | doi:10.2471/BLT.10.084202 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis about relation between the reception of the transfer and child nutrition |
Changes in food consumption among the Programa Bolsa Família participant families in Brazil
| Author: | De Bem Lignani, J., R. Sichieri, L. Burlandy and R. Salles-Costa |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Public Health Nutrition, 14(5), 785-792. doi:10.1017/S136898001000279X |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis about changes in nutrition of programm recipients |
La difícil articulación entre políticas universales y programas focalizados. Etnografía institucional del programa Bolsa Familia de Brasil
| Author: | Hevia de la Jara, F. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Gestión y Política Pública, Vol. 20, No. 2. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Analysis about the articulation between universal policies and targeted programs. |
The impact of Brazil's Bolsa Família conditional cash transfer program on children's health care utilization and health outcomes.
| Author: | Shei, A., F. Costa, M. G. Reis and A. I. Ko |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | BMC International Health and Human Rights, 14:10. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation on children's health outcomes |
Impacts of the Bolsa Família Program
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | World Without Poverty [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Avaliando o Impacto do Programa Bolsa Família sobre a Freqüência Escolar: o Caso da Agricultura Familiar no Nordeste do Brasil
| Author: | Duarte, G.B. and Silveira Neto, R.M. |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Publication info: | Reports of the 36th National Economy Meeting (Encontro Nacional de Economia), ANPEC |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation on school attendance |
Do Public Income Transfer to the Poorest affect Internal Inter-Regional Migration? Evidence for the Case of Brazilian Bolsa Família Program
| Author: | Silveira Neto, R.M. |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Publication info: | Reports of the 36th National Economy Meeting (Encontro Nacional de Economia), ANPEC |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation on migration |
Uma próxima geração de programas de transferência de renda condicionada
| Author: | Neri, M. |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | Revista de Administração Pública v.51 n.02, FGV |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Uma Metodologia para Simular o Programa Bolsa Família
| Author: | de Souza, P., Osorio, R. and Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Discussion Paper No. 1654, IPEA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Simulation |
Os efeitos das transferências de renda sobre a duração do emprego no mercado formal
| Author: | Santos, D.B., Leichsenring, A.R., Filho, N. and Mendes-Da-Silva, W. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Working Papers Series No. 05/2016, FGV/EAESP (School of Business Administration of Sao Paulo) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Uma análise do efeito do Programa Bolsa Família sobre o desempenho médio das escolas brasileiras
| Author: | Camargo, P. and Pazello, E. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Economia Aplicada, v. 18, n. 4, 2014, pp. 623-640 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
The Social Card of the Bolsa Família Program
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | World Without Poverty [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
How does communication with BFP beneficiaries work?
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | World Without Poverty [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
How are Bolsa Família cash benefits granted?
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | World Without Poverty [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
What are the economic impacts of conditional cash transfer programmes? A systematic review of the evidence
| Author: | Kabeer, N., Piza, C. and Taylor, L. |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Technical Report 2013, Evidence for Policy and Practice Information and Co-ordinating Centre (EPPICentre) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact Evaluation |
Conditional cash transfer and informality in Brazil
| Author: | Neves de Holanda Barbosa, A.L. and Leite Corseuil, C. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Journal of Labor & Development (2014) 3:37, IZA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
The Long-term Effects of Conditional Cash Transfers on Child Labor and School Enrollment
| Author: | Peruffo, M. and Cavalcanti Ferreira, P. |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | Ensayos Económicos No. 769, FGV |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
How are Bolsa Familia Program (BFP) benefits defined?
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | 2nd article in the BFP coverage, targeting and eligibility series |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
How does the Bolsa Família Program target and identify people in a situation of poverty and extreme poverty?
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | 1st article in the BFP coverage, targeting and eligibility series |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Enforcement aspects of the Bolsa Família Program
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | 3rd article in the BFP Control and Oversight series |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
How is the Bolsa Familia Program (BFP) monitored and controlled?
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | 2nd article in the BFP Control and Oversight series |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Control and oversight of the Bolsa Familia Program: Institutional arrangements
| Author: | Wolrd Without Poverty |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | 1st article in the BFP Control and Oversight series |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Bolsa Família, Autonomia Femenina e Equidade de Gênero : O Que Indicam as Pesquisas Nacionais?
| Author: | Bartholo, L., Passos, L. and Fontoura, N. |
| Date: | 2017 |
| Publication info: | Discussion Text Nº 2331, IPEA |
| Link: | |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on gender equality |
Mulheres e mães presentes no mercado de trabaho
| Author: | Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger, Brazil |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | Technical Study Nº 12/2015, MDS Brasil |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on female employment |
The effects of conditionality monitoring on educational outcomes: evidence from the Bolsa Familia programme
| Author: | Paiva, L. H., Veras Soares, F., Cireno, F., Azevedo, I., and Duran, A. C. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Discussion Paper No. 213, IPEA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
The impact of the expansion of the Bolsa Familia Program on the time allocation of youths and their parents
| Author: | Chitolina, L., Foguel, M., and Menezes-Filho, N. |
| Date: | 2016 |
| Publication info: | Revista Brasileira de Economia, 70(2), 183-202. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
O que se sabe sobre os efeitos das transferencias de renda sobre a oferta de trabalho
| Author: | Oliveira, L. and Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Working paper No. 1738 of IPEA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Liquidity constraints, informal financing, and entrepreneurship: Direct and indirect effects of a cash transfer program
| Author: | Ribas, R. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Documento de trabajo No. 131 del Centro de Política Internacional para el Crecimiento Inclusivo |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
No Child Left Without: a Universal Benefit for Children in Brazil
| Author: | Sergei Soares and Pedro H. G. F. de Souza |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | International Policy research brief n˚27 Aug 2012 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Descriptive |
Brazil’s Bolsa Família: A Review
| Author: | Veras Soares, F. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Economic & Political Weekly, vol. XLVI, No 21 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Descriptive |
¿Cómo funciona Bolsa Familia?: Mejores prácticas en la implementación de programas de transferencias monetarias condicionadas en América Latina y el Caribe
| Author: | Gazola Hellman, Aline |
| Date: | 2015 |
| Publication info: | Banco Interamericano de Desarrollo, División de Protección Social y Salud [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information, Evaluation of impact and focalisation |
La construcción de pactos y consensos en materia de política social. El caso de Bolsa Família en el Brasil
| Author: | Vargas, L. H. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Social Policy Series n. 209. ECLAC |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information. Policy analysis |
Efeito do Programa Bolsa Família sobre a oferta de trabalho das mães
| Author: | Tavares, P. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Economia e Sociedade, Vol. 19, N. 3 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on female employment |
Bolsa Família, Its Design, Its Impacts and Possbilities for the Future
| Author: | Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | Working Paper No. 89, International Policy Centre of Inclusive Growth |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on poverty, inequality, nutrition, gender and labour |
Bolsa Família: Avanços e desafios. Vol 1 y 2
| Author: | Castro, J. A., and Modesto. L. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | IPEA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information and impact evaluations |
Bolsa Família, poverty and inequality: political and economic effects in the short and long run
| Author: | Sánchez-Ancoechea, D., and Mattei, L. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Global Social Policy 11.2-3 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on poverty and inequality |
Effect of a conditional cash transfer programme on childhood mortality: a nationwide analysis of Brazilian municipalities
| Author: | Rasella, D., Aquino, R., Santos, C., Paes-Sousa, R., and Barreto, M. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | The Lancet 382(9886) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on childhood mortality |
The effects of conditional cash transfer programmes on adult labour supply: an empirical analysis using a time-series-cross-section sample of Brazilian municipalities
| Author: | Foguel, M., and Paes de Barros, R. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Estudos Econômicos, 40(2). Universidad de São Paulo |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on employment |
Bolsa Família and household labor supply
| Author: | De Brauw, A., Gilligan, D., Hoddinott, J., and Roy, S. |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on employment |
The impact of Bolsa Família on Schooling. Girls' advantage increases and older children gain
| Author: | De Brauw, A., Gilligan, D., Hoddinott, J., and Roy, S. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on education |
The impact of Bolsa Família on Child, Maternal, and Household Welfare
| Author: | De Brauw, A., Gilligan, D., Hoddinott, J., and Roy, S. |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI) |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation on child and maternal health, and employment. |
The impact of the expansion of the Bolsa Família Programme on the time allocation of youths and labour supply of adults
| Author: | Chitolina, Foguel and Menezes-Filho |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | IPC Working Paper No 120 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Programa Bolsa Família, uma década de inclusão e cidadania
| Author: | Campelo Teresa y Côrtes Neri (coord.) |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | IPEA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information; impact evaluation |
Bolsa Familia after Brasil Carinhoso: an Analysis of the Potential for Reducing Extreme Poverty
| Author: | Guerreiro Osório and Ferreira de Souza P.H.G |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | International Policy research brief n˚41 March 2013 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General Information |
Oportunidades and Bolsa Familia: a Comparative Perspective of their Evolution
| Author: | Fábio Veras Soares |
| Date: | 2012 |
| Publication info: | International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, One pager No 177[online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Conditional Cash Transfers in Brazil: Treatment Evaluation of the “Bolsa Família“ program on education
| Author: | Schaffland, E. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Courant Research Centre, Discussion Papers n. 84 [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact on education |
The Brazilian experience with conditional cash transfers: A successful way to reduce inequity and to improve health
| Author: | Pacheco, L., Paes, R., Miazagi, E., Falcão, T. and Medeiros, A. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | Draft Background Paper, World Conference on Social Determinants of Health [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
Measuring the impact of Bolsa Família Program based on data from Health and Nutrition Days (Brazil)
| Author: | Paes, R. and Pacheco, L. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Working Papers n 07, Iniciativa América Latina y el Caribe sin Hambre, FAO-RLC [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact on nutrition |
Uma avaliação do Programa Bolsa Família: Focalização e impacto na distribução de renda e pobreza
| Author: | Albuquerque, P., Toldo, E., Fernandes, R. and de Sousa, R. |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Pesquisa e planejamento economico (PPE) v. 39, n.1 [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Evaluation of impact and focalisation |
Síntese do 1º. Relatório contendo os Principais Resultados da Pesquisa de Avaliação de Impacto do Bolsa Família – 2ª Rodada – AIBF II
| Author: | Ministério do Desenvolvimento Social e Combate à Fome é Secretaria de Avaliação e Gestão da Informação |
| Date: | 2010 |
| Publication info: | Nota Técnica N110/2010/DA/SAGI/MDS [on line] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impacts on health and education |
Bilbioteca virtual Bolsa Familia
| Author: | International Poverty Centre (IPC-IG) |
| Date: | n/d |
| Publication info: | [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Collection of documents |
Impacto de los programas de transferencia condicionada de renta sobre el estado de salud: el programa Bolsa Familia de Brasil
| Author: | Berta Rivera Castiñeira, Luis Currais Nunes and Paolo Rungo |
| Date: | 2009 |
| Publication info: | Revista Española de Salud Pública 83 (1) [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Health impacts |
Targeted Cash Transfer Programmes in Brazil: BPC and the Bolsa Familia
| Author: | Medeiros, Marcelo, Tatiana Britto and Fabio Veras Soares |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Publication info: | IPC Working paper (46), International Poverty Center (IPC) [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Targeting evaluation; Poverty impacts |
Evaluating the Impact of Brazil’s Bolsa Família: Cash Transfer Programmes in Comparative Perspective
| Author: | Fábio Veras Soares, Rafael Perez Ribas and Rafael Guerreiro Osório |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | IPC evaluation note (1), International Poverty Center (IPC) [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Targeting evaluation; Poverty impacts |
