| Date: | 1996-2022 |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programme with a focus on child labour. In 2005, it unified its services with the Bolsa Familia programme, shifting its focus to non-poor households in situations of child labour, while Bolsa Familia serves all families in situations of poverty. In 2011, PETI was established by the Organic Law of Social Assistance (LOAS) as an intersectoral programme, part of the National Social Assistance Policy, which includes income transfers, social work with families, and the provision of social and educational services to children and adolescents engaged in labour. The cash transfer service of PETI was gradually absorbed by Bolsa Familia, and nowadays, only a very limited number of households still receive it. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Non-poor households (monthly income over than BRL$170 per capita) with children under 16 years old who present child labour situations, unless the children (aged 14 or above) are working as apprentices. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Categorical: Households with working children age 16 and below 2) Geographic: Active search of children in child labor at the municipal level, by the Social Assistance team members, members of the CadÚnico during the registration or registry update, and by the actors of the intersectoral network of the strategic actions of PETI. 3) Direct means test |
| Instrument of selection: | Active search by members of the Social Asistance program and information in the Single register for social programmes (CadÚnico) |
| Registry of recipients: | Unfied registry for social programmes (CadÚnico) |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | When household loses eligibility; maximum time of permanence in the programme: 4 years |
| Comments: | Includes actions to support families for income generation. In 2013-2014 the redesign of the PETI was carried out in parallel to the reordering of the Service of Coexistence and Strengthening Bonds (Serviço de Convivência e Fortalecimento de Vínculos - SCFV) offered in the field of social assistance, with a focus, among other groups, on children and adolescents in situatons of child labour. From then on, the persons that participated in the PETI's socio-educational activities in the extended school day came to be considered as a priority in the SCFV, along with other policies that address situations that constitute violations of rights. Subsequently, in 2016, the former Ministry of Social Development (MDS) issued Ordinance No. 318, which strengthened the link between the Bolsa Familia programme and the PETI. Since then, the PBF has become the centre for direct income transfers to users. While there were no new concessions for PETI, users who were not in the PBF profile are guaranteed to receive the resource until they reach the age of 16 or leave child labour. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Decree No. 458, October 2001, Decree GM / MDS No. 666 December 2005 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger (MDS) |
| Executing organization(s): | System of Social Assistance (Suas) |
| 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. |
1) Bolsa criança cidadã
| Recipient(s): | Children under 16 years old who present child labour situations, unless the children (aged 14 or over) are in an apprentice situation . |
| 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: | Child labour: Remove all children and adolescents in paid work activities Education: minimum attendance of 85% to the social and educational services |
2) Cofinanciamiento para programa Jornada Escolar Ampliada (Co-financing system for “Extended Day“ subprogramme )
| Recipient(s): | Municipalities |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Description: | Transfer to fund extracurricular social and educational services at municipal level. |
| Amount : | BRL$25 for rural areas and BRL$40 for urban areas per child or adolescent enrolled. |
3) Programa de Jornada Escolar Ampliada (Extended Day Subprogramme )
| Recipient(s): | Adolescents between age 16 and 17. |
| Description: | To organize extracurricular activities in cultural, sporting and learning. |
Use of survey design for the evaluation of social programs: the PNAD and PETI
| Author: | Pianto, D. and Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Publication info: | Niterói, National Association of Postgraduate Centers in Economy (ANPEC), july [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
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 |
Use of Survey Design for the evaluation of social programs: The PNAD and PETI
| Author: | Pianto, D., and Soares, S. |
| Date: | 2004 |
| Publication info: | Working paper of ANPEC |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Understanding the Brazilian success in reducing child labour: empirical evidence and policy lessons
| Author: | Rosati, F., Manacorda, M., Kovrova, I., Koseleci, N., and Lyon, S. |
| Date: | 2011 |
| Publication info: | UCW Working Paper series. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Descriptive / literature review |
The Nuts and Bolts of Brazil’s Bolsa Família Program: Implementing Conditional Cash Transfers in a Decentralized Context
| Author: | Lindert, K., Linder, A., Hobbs, J., and de la Briere, B. |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | The World Bank, Social Protection Discussion Paper Series No. 0709. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Descriptive |
Inequality Evolution in Brazil: the Role of Cash Transfer Programs and Other Income Sources
| Author: | Scorzafave, L. G. and Carvalho de Lima, E. M. |
| Date: | 2007 |
| Publication info: | Working paper University of Sao Paulo |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Income sources decomposition and inequality |
“Limiting Child Labor through Behavior-Based Income Transfers: An Experimental Evaluation of the PETI Programme in Rural Brazil” En Child Labor and Education in Latin America: An Economic Perspective, P. Orazem, G. Sedlacek y Z. Tzannatos (eds.).
| Author: | Yap, Yoon-Tien, Guilherme Sedlacek, and Peter Orazem |
| Date: | 2008 |
| Publication info: | Palgrave [online] |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Child labour impact |
