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Programme Bolsa Familia

Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger. Programme Bolsa Familia. Chile, July 2005. Brazil in South America Population: 184 million Area: 8,514,215.3 km² 26 States plus the Federal District 5.562 municipalities

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Programme Bolsa Familia

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  1. Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Programme Bolsa Familia Chile, July 2005

  2. Brazil in South America Population: 184 million Area: 8,514,215.3 km² 26 States plus the Federal District 5.562 municipalities Poor population: estimated 11 million of families (44 million people) Extremely poor population: estimated 4,5 million families (18 million people)

  3. Brazil and Latin America Child mortality³ - 2002 Population¹ – 2002 GDP² – 2001 Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America and the Caribbean Latin America Brazil Brazil Brazil 1.355 (36%) 27 175,1 (33%) 530,2 3.786 33 • In millions of inhabitants. Source: CEPAL • In millions of US$, constant prices. Source: CEPAL • For each thousand live births. Source: World Bank

  4. Brazil – Geographical Regions

  5. Brazil – regional imbalance Child mortality by region/2003 Source: IBGE

  6. Brazil – regional imbalance Illiteracy rate per person over 15 years old - 2002 Source: IBGE

  7. Brazil – regional imbalance Child labour rate - 2002 Fuente: IBGE

  8. Brazil – social inequality Income distribution for the poorest 50% and for the richest 1%, in relation to total income – 2002 50% poorest *86,5 million people 1% richest *1,7 million people 13% 13,3% Source: IPEA 2005

  9. Zero Hunger The Programme Zero Hunger is a strategy of the federal Brazilian government to ensure the right of all human beings to adequate nutrition, reaching those with difficulties to access nutrition. This strategy consists of promotingnutritional security and it contributes towards the eradication of extreme poverty and towards the enrichment of the most vulnerable part of population.

  10. Zero Hunger Objective To eradicate hunger in Brazil promoting social inclusion of population with difficult access to food. Target Public Brazilian population with difficult access to food.

  11. Zero Hunger Joining axes • Increasing the access to food • (sub -axis: Income transfer Programmes– Programme Bolsa Familia) • Strengthening Family Agriculture • Promoting income generating processes • Joining and mobilisation

  12. Bolsa Família Programme • The Bolsa Familia Programme is one of the principal actions of Zero Hunger, conceived as an intersectional public policy which unites various public and social agencies around the ethical imperative of hunger eradication and the promotion of social inclusion in Brazil.

  13. Bolsa Família Programme • Law 10.836, of 09 January 2004. • Unified social benefits provided by the Federal Government • Bolsa Escola • Bolsa Alimentação • Auxílio-Gás • Cartão Alimentação

  14. Bolsa Família Programme Money Transfer programme conditioned by: • Immediate poverty decrease through money transfer and • poverty eradication and promotion of social inclusion through basic social rights (such as health and education) and the access to complementary policies. • Complementary programmes: co-ordination of efforts by governments and society towards the implementation of social programmes/policies for the development of families belonging to the Programme

  15. Goals (families) 2004 6,5 million U$ 2,2 billion 2005 8,7 million U$ 2,6 billion 2006 11,2 million U$ 2,9 billion

  16. Characteristics • Focused on families rather than on individual members; • Unification of selection criteria and beneficiary conditions; • Integration of efforts between different levels of the government (de-centralised, intersectional); • National coverage with gradual implementation in municipalities;

  17. Characteristics • Government commitment and that of the families • Direct transfer of income to the families (through bank card) • Supervision through government control as well as social control • State bank as an operating agent: system development (registry, selection), payment of benefits, distribution of cards.

  18. Complexities • Dimension, number of assisted families (7 million) and economic resources; • Present in 5.542 municipalities (99,6%) • Territorial and socio-economic inequality; • Intersectional (health, education, social assistance); • Federal ‘Design’ and necessity of constructing consensuses; • Process of unification and coexistence with other programmes (integration of databases of other concepts); • Processes of integration of income transfer with other areas of the government.

  19. Selection Criteria and value of the benefit* Fixed benefit: US$ 20 Variable benefit: over US$ 18 Extremely poor families: Monthly household income per capita of over US$ 20 US$ 6 Children between 0-15 years • Poor families: Monthly household income per capita of between US$ 20 and US$ 40 • Exchange • 1 US$ = 2,5 Variable benefit: over US$ 6

  20. Unique registry • Conceived to make existing sector programme integration viable; • Responsibility of municipalities • Data and information gathering tool whose objective is to identify all the families in conditions of poverty in the country; • Starting from the basis of the registry families who receive a benfitfrom Bolsa-Família are selected.

  21. Operational Flow of the programme Ministry Municipalities Financing Agent Families Defines criteria and guides Register Processing information Concessions authorisation Generating reports Generation payment lists Emission of payment orders Payment execution Reimbursement

  22. Conditions • Pregnant and breast-feeding women • Visits to health centres during pre-natal and post-natal care • Growth and nutrition follow-up in children of between 0 and 6 years old • Updating vaccinations • School attendance in children of 6 to 15 years old (85%) Health Education

  23. Complementary Programmes • Government initiatives which help families reach a status of auto-sufficiency • Requirements for integrated action: • Definition of territorial priorities • Research of family profile • Local vocation • Local programmes and actions

  24. Examples of Complementary Programmes • Programmes for the generation of income and work; • Programmes for professional training and re-training • Micro-credit; • Literacy Programmes • Civil identification programmes

  25. Social Control • Council or Committee designed by municipal Public Division, respecting the intersectional condition and parity between the government and society; • Permanent character, with monitoring, evaluating and supervising the execution of the programme; • Implementation of Social Control as a requirement for municipal adhesion in the Bolsa Familia programme.

  26. ResultsJuly 2005 5.542 municipalities – 99,6% of Brazilian municipalities 7,3 million of families 32 million of people

  27. Families by Region

  28. Impact of Bolsa Família Programme in the life of beneficiaries: first results • Necessity of benefits due to the lack of access to remunerated work • Impact of nutritional security • Importance of benefit regularity in the preparation of family budget • Importance of the benefit for local commerce • Children´s commitment to school attendance

  29. Ministry of Social Development and Fight Against Hunger Contact: antonio.claret@mds.gov.br

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