Bolsa Família: A Summary of Its Impacts

Abstract

Targeted and Conditioned Cash Transfers (CCTs) began hesitatingly and somewhat chaotically in Brazil in 1995 and have grown in relevance ever since. From 1995 to 2003, there were many CCT programs, run by all levels of government and, within the federal government, by five different ministries, with very little coordination among them. While the lack of coordination certainly reduced their effectiveness, there is little doubt that the municipal and state level experimentation was crucial in the design of what was to follow. (…)Os Programas de Transferências de Condicionada de Renda (PTC) começaram no Brasil, em 1995, de forma hesitante e um pouco caótica. Desde então, sua importância vem aumentando. Entre 1995 e 2003, havia muitos programas de PTC, administrados por todos os níveis de governo e, dentro do governo federal, por cinco ministérios diferentes, com muito pouca coordenação entre eles. Embora a falta de coordenação tenha certamente reduzido sua eficácia, há pouca dúvida de que as experiências municipais e estaduais foram decisivas na concepção do que viria a seguir. (…)