SSl-CCT: Country Presentation_Brazil

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Institutional Challenges on CCTs

Experience of Bolsa Famila (Brazil)

Romulo Paes de Sousa,

IDB-ADB South-South learning event on Conditional Cash Transfers

Manila, 16-19 April 2013


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Characteristics of the institutional

arrangements of the BFP

Strong decentralization of some operational

activities

Integration with other public policy systems

Emphasis on cash transfer

High heterogeneity of local capacity

Recent extra investment on ultra poorpopulation (beneficiaries and non

beneficiaries)


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Characteristics of the institutional

arrangements of the BFP

The programme is hosted by the Ministry

Social Development and Fight against Hunger,

which is also responsible for with social

protection and food security programs

Social protection is different from antipoverty

policy

4 previous cash transfer programmes weremerged in to BFP


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Food Security and Nutrition

Food Bank

Indian Identity

Cisterns

Consad

Community Kitchen

Distribution of Food

Food and Nutrition Education

PAA

Popular Restaurant

Urban Agriculture

Complementary Actions

Bolsa Famlia Program

Unified Registration(Cadnico)

CREASReference Center forSpecialized Social Assistance

CRAS - PAIF [Reference Center forSocial Assistance -Program ofIntegral Attention to Families]

Continuous Cash Benefit- BPC

BPC in School

Conditional Cash Transfer Social Assistance

P E T I Children ErradicationLabour Program

Casual Benefits

Social Protection Service forChildren ,Teenagers and their

Families - Victims of Violence,

Abuse and Sexual Exploration

and Person with disabilities

Extreme Poverty

Eradication

SAGI

Brazil Without Misery

Monitoring, Evaluation andInformation Management

Conditionalities

4

MINISTRY OF SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT AND THE FIGHT AGAINST HUNGER

Executive Secretariat

Ministers Cabinet

CONJUR AECI

SPO

SAA

ASPAR AI


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The BFPs assets and demands

Staff In 2010, 242 thousand civil servants

working in the social assistance programs (107

thousand with precarious contract)

Budget In 2013, US$ 11 billion (10.7 only for

the benefits)

Clientele 13.9 million families


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Bolsa Familia growth

MINISTRY OF FINANCE OF BRAZIL (2012). Brazilian economic outlook. MF: Braslia. 15th Edition. p 42. 6


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Coverage of bolsa Familia 2004 to 2010


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Institutional arrangements: roles in the

implementationProgramme Coordination:

Overall coordination:

Ministry of Social Development and Fight againstHunger (MDS)

Overall supervision:

Secretariat of Income of Citizenship

M&E:

Secretariat of Evaluation and Information Management


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Institutional arrangements: roles in the

implementationMain tasks of the federal level:

Designing

Planning

Funding, including good performance incentives

Regulating, including the legal framework

Main tools:

Mobilization

Training Web based training, workshops, guidelines, bestpractice dissemination (awards,

IT systems

MDS, states and municipalities, sign terms of agreement,regulating responsibilities for BF implementation.


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Institutional arrangements: Roles in

the implementation

States:

monitoring overall state implementation andcoordination

Municipalities: registration of all poor households into the national

single registry and for the monitoring of conditionalitycompliance in education and health.

set up social councils responsible for the overallmonitoring of BF implementation at the municipallevel.


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Institutional arrangements: Roles in

the implementation

Service provision: the ministries of educationand of health are responsible for the provisionof universal public education and health services

through schools and health centres.Other ministries are responsible for labourpolicies, microcredit, job training, family farmfunding, etc.

Benefit payment: transfers are paid directly tobeneficiary families from the CAIXA federal bank


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Comparing horizontal vs. vertical

modelIn relation to the horizontal model, the vertical one tends toproduce:

Quicker implementations,

Higher homogeneous routine,

Higher level of transparency, because the federal level is more

sensitive to that issue than the subnational levels, More stable staff.

However, the vertical model tends to produce:

Administrative conflict with the subnational levels,

Implementation of concurrent programmes, especially by theaffluent states and municipalities. Therefore, producingredundancy and resource waste,

Limit in the programme implementation in some areas due tolack of cooperation with the state or municipal authority.


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Brazil Without Extreme Poverty

Guaranteed Income Axis 0-7 year olds, extra benefit. Family Allowance Programme.Productive Inclusion Axis

Rural- Food Procurement Programme

(PAA)- Technical assistance- Seeds

- Financial incentive- Cisterns- Forest conservation subsidy

Urban- Qualification (with a specific

programme for women)- Microcredit

Access to Services AxisEducation

- Fulltime school

Health- Basic health clinic- Dental care- Family Health- Eye care- Public drugstore- Mother and child care- Health care in school

Social assistance- Social Assistance

Reference Centres (CRAS)

- Specialized SocialAssistance ReferenceCentres (CREAS)

Nutrition and foodsecurity

- Food banks- Subsidized restaurants and

canteens

Source: MDS documents and interviews


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The role of the civil society

Institutional articulation 33 activities in 2012

Dialogues of the BwEP (Federal Government with thecivil society)

Participation in national meetings (Council meetingsand Conferences)

Regional meetings

Other meetings (example: Rio+ Conference)

Operational participation (monitoring andparticipation on implementation)

Social councils of Bolsa Famlia

Source: Secretariat of the Presidential Cabinet


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Talking to the beneficiaries

The relationship center provides information onall social protection programs under the MSD,and collecting complaints, suggestions and

compliments. It operates via telephone (24-hours a day

service), mail, e-mail, fax, and face-to-faceassistance; a chat service is forthcoming.

The center employs 232 staff. In 2012, calls wererelated to registry verification (43%), payments(9.8%) and value of the benefit (9.7%).


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Relationship Center of MSD

1.894 2.002

4.4744.892

3.549 3.345 3.3972.991

2.707

3.756

0

1.000

2.000

3.000

4.000

5.000

6.000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012*

Telephone calls (million)

18.596 16.14620.811

27.79433.064

38.261

78.442

99.678

79.758

108.471

0

20.000

40.000

60.000

80.000

100.000

120.000

2003 2004 2005 2006 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012*

E-mails

Source: Internal report of the Center of Relationship of the MSD of Brazil. 15/01/2012.


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Challenges

Inter-sectorial programs are easy to proclaim, butnot so easy to implement

Legal frameworks related to agreements between

the federal level and sub-national levels is notvery consistent

Big municipal role helps to reduce politicaltensions but can overload small municipalities

with a lot responsibilities When the federal level has strong role on funding

the policy, sub-national actors tend to be lessenthusiastic on funding


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Lessons

Stronger contribution to the municipal level

tends to improve the quality of the program

Beneficiaries need open channels for

accessing the program authorities

Vertical and horizontal coordination are key

activities for good performance

Leadership matters


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Thank you

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Documents

SSl-CCT: Country Presentation_Brazil