Brazil : Assessment of the Bolsa Escola Programs
The report assesses the "Bolsa
Escola" programs in Brazil, which are poverty-targeted
social assistance programs, that provide cash grants to poor
families with school-age children between the ages of seven
to fourteen. These programs aim at increasing educational
attainment, to reduce current, and future poverty, as well
as child labor, and, implicitly, to act as a partial safety
net. The rationale for these programs should be considered
in the context of the current picture of poverty in the
country, where the strongest correlates of current poverty
is low education. The programs under discussion have
widespread support, and fit well into Brazil's larger
social protection, and poverty reduction strategies, because
they explicitly target the poor, with sound criteria for
beneficiary selection, based on a score system, comprising
living standards indicators. Preliminary evidence suggests
the programs have been reasonably successful in targeting,
and points to improvements in education, and poverty
outcomes, although evidence on child labor reduction, is
inconclusive. The need to reach the "non-covered"
population is suggested, as well as the level of cash
transfers needs to be determined carefully, while the
"Bolsa Escola" programs should not be seen by
local governments, as substitutes for investments in
schools. Probably the biggest consideration in the
successful expansion of these programs, is their fiscal
affordability, bearing in mind the programs protect the
structurally poor during crisis, equipping the next
generation with risk reducing human capital.
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Bibliographic Details
| Main Author: |
World Bank |
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| Format: | Pre-2003 Economic or Sector Report
biblioteca
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| Language: | English
en_US |
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| Published: |
Washington, DC
2001-03-15
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| Subjects: | EDUCATIONAL ASSESSMENT,
TARGETED ASSISTANCE,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS,
POVERTY REDUCTION,
PRIMARY EDUCATION,
EDUCATION PROGRAMS,
CHILD LABOR,
SAFETY NET POLICIES,
ACCESS TO EDUCATION,
SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS,
POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGIES,
LIVING STANDARDS INDICATORS,
EDUCATIONAL INDICATORS,
FISCAL SUSTAINABILITY,
HUMAN CAPITAL ADOLESCENTS,
BASIC SERVICES,
BENEFICIARIES,
CIVIL SOCIETY,
CONTROL GROUPS,
CURRENCY UNIT,
ECONOMIC RECESSION,
ECONOMIC SHOCKS,
EDUCATION LEVEL,
EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT,
EXTREME POVERTY,
FAMILIES,
FINANCIAL CAPACITY,
FINANCIAL SUPPORT,
FOOD BASKET,
FOOD POLICY RESEARCH,
GENDER DISPARITY,
GEOGRAPHIC TARGETING,
GEOGRAPHICAL AREAS,
GEOGRAPHICAL TARGETING,
GIRLS,
HEADCOUNT RATIO,
HEALTH EFFECTS,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY,
HOUSEHOLD SURVEY DATA,
HOUSING,
HUMAN CAPITAL,
HUMAN DEVELOPMENT,
INCIDENCE OF POVERTY,
INCOME,
INCOME DISTRIBUTION,
INTERVENTION,
INTERVENTIONS,
LABOR MARKET,
LEARNING,
LIVING STANDARDS,
LONG TERM,
MARKETING,
MIGRATION,
MINIMUM INCOME,
MINIMUM WAGE,
MOTHERS,
NATIONAL LEVEL,
NGO,
NON-POOR CHILDREN,
NUTRITION,
OLDER CHILDREN,
PER CAPITA INCOME,
POOR HOUSEHOLDS,
POVERTY ALLEVIATION,
POVERTY HEADCOUNT,
POVERTY LINE,
POVERTY MAP,
POVERTY OUTCOMES,
POVERTY RATES,
POVERTY STATUS,
PRIMARY SCHOOL,
PROGRAM BENEFICIARIES,
PROGRAM COVERAGE,
PROGRAM EXPANSION,
PROGRAM SELECTION,
PROGRAMS,
REDUCING POVERTY,
RESEARCH INSTITUTE,
SAFETY,
SAFETY NET,
SAFETY NETS,
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE,
SCHOOL SYSTEM,
SCHOOLS,
SHORT TERM,
SOCIAL ASSISTANCE,
SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT,
SOCIAL PROTECTION,
SOCIAL PROTECTION PROGRAMS,
SOCIAL WORKERS,
TARGETING,
URBAN AREAS,
URBAN POVERTY,
VULNERABLE GROUPS,
WAGES,
WELL-BEING,
WORKING CHILDREN, |
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| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/1089453/brazil-assessment-bolsa-escola-programs
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/15705
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