Nicaragua Social Investment Fund : Conditional Cash Transfer, a New Avenue for Social Funds?
The note presents the case of the
Nicaragua Social Investment Fund (FISE), which accounts for
an impressive record, having financed a significant number
of projects in ten years (sixty percent of these benefiting
the education sector). Moreover, it reinforced rural water,
and municipal infrastructure projects, and strengthened its
engagement in local capacity building at the municipal, and
community levels. However, in the late 90s, it became clear
there were limits to the effectiveness of supply side
interventions, and both FISE, and the government began
thinking about strengthening the demand side, through new
ways to improve access to social services, and creating an
opportunity for inclusion of the most vulnerable,
particularly children living precariously in rural areas.
The Conditional Cash Transfer (CCT) program is examined, a
new window to finance cash transfers to extremely poor
families in selected rural areas. Yet, the remarkable
results of CCT questions its affordability, and
sustainability. The Government is now starting to prioritize
programs, and investments in the social sector to achieve
greater impact. As for the question of the program's
cost effectiveness, the Government is considering
undertaking a comparative analysis to assess results.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
Vermehren, Andrea |
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| Language: | English |
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| Published: |
World Bank, Washington, DC
2002-02
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| Subjects: | SOCIAL FUNDS,
EDUCATION PROJECTS,
MUNICIPAL INFRASTRUCTURE,
RURAL WATER SUPPLY,
CAPACITY BUILDING,
COMMUNITY PARTICIPATION,
SUPPLY MANAGEMENT,
DEMAND-SIDE FINANCING,
SOCIAL SERVICES,
VULNERABLE GROUPS,
RURAL POVERTY,
CONDITIONALITY (FINANCE),
CASH TRANSFER SYSTEM,
COST-EFFECTIVENESS,
COMPARATIVE ANALYSIS AGED,
CHILD MALNUTRITION,
DEVELOPMENT GOALS,
EARLY CHILDHOOD DEVELOPMENT,
EDUCATION INVESTMENTS,
EDUCATION SECTOR,
EMERGENCY EQUIPMENT,
ENROLLMENT,
ENROLLMENT RATES,
EXTREME POVERTY,
FAMILIES,
HEALTH CARE,
HEALTH CARE PROVIDERS,
HEALTH CENTERS,
HEALTH FACILITIES,
HEALTH FINANCE,
HEALTH POSTS,
HEALTH SERVICES,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
HUNGER,
HYGIENE,
ILLITERACY,
IMMUNIZATION,
IMPLEMENTING AGENCY,
IMPROVED ACCESS,
INCOME,
INNOVATION,
INSTITUTIONAL ARRANGEMENTS,
INTERVENTION,
INTERVENTIONS,
LONG TERM,
MALNUTRITION,
MANAGEMENT CAPACITY,
MEDICINES,
MORTALITY,
MOTHERS,
MOTIVATION,
NUTRITION,
OPPORTUNITY COSTS,
POOR CHILDREN,
POVERTY FOCUS,
POVERTY INDICATORS,
POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY TARGETING,
PRIMARY EDUCATION,
RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
RURAL AREAS,
SAFETY,
SAFETY NET,
SCHOOLS,
SERVICE PROVIDERS,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
SOCIAL SECTORS,
TASK TEAM LEADERS,
TEACHERS,
UNIVERSAL PRIMARY EDUCATION, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2002/02/2020245/nicaragua-social-investment-fund-conditional-cash-transfers-new-avenue-social-funds
https://hdl.handle.net/10986/11831
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