Country | Program Name | Executing Agency | Start Date | Type of Benefit | Benefit Amount | Annual Budget and % of GDP |
Brazil Paper (111kb pdf) | Bolsa Escola | Program’s National Secretariat Scholarship (within Ministry of Education) | 2001 | Scholarship for children who attend elementary school | US$5.17-15.10 per family | Approx. US$ 800 million (0.13% of GDP) |
| Colombia Paper (635kb pdf) Presentation (803kb pdf) | Familias en Acción (Families in Action) | Administrative Department of the Presidency of the Republic (ADPR) | 2001 | Nutritional grant to families with children under 7 years old; educational grant for families with children 7-18 years old | Educational grant: US$6 per child in primary school and US$12 per child in secondary school; Nutritional grant: US$20 per family regardless the number of children under 7 years old | Approx. US$100 million for 2004;
(0.12% of GDP) |
Costa Rica Paper (42kb pdf) Presentation (227kb pdf) | Programa Superémonos (Let’s Overcome) | Instituto Mixto de Ayuda Social (Mixed Institute of Social Assistance) | 2000 | Educational grant | US$27.75 per month per family in a maximum period of six months | US$3.45 million in 2002 (0.022% of GDP) |
Honduras Paper (82kb pdf) Presentation (18.7mb pdf) | Programa de Asignación Familiar-PRAF (Assignment to Families Program) | Presidency of the Republic | 1990 | School grants; Infant maternal grants; Elderly grants; and educational materials | Educational grants: US$3 per child;
Infant maternal grants: US$3 per month for children under 3 years old and pregnant women;
Elderly grants: US$3 per month for people over 60 years old that are in extreme poverty | Approx. US $ 1.2 million (0.019% of GDP) |
Jamaica Paper (43kb pdf) Presentation (653kb pdf) | Program of Advancement through Health and Education (PATH) | Ministry of Labour and Social security (MLSS) through the Division of Public Assistance | 2002 | Educational grants for nutrition, pregnancy, disabled, poverty, and the elderly | All grants are set at the same value, which has varied from US$6.20 in 2002 to US$9 for 2004 | US$6 million in 2002 (0.08% of GDP); US$22 million in 2003 (0.29% of GDP); US$23 million in 2004 (0.32% of GDP). |
Mexico Paper (36kb pdf) Presentation (1.1mb pdf) | Programa Oportunidades (Opportunities) | National Coordination for Programa Oportunidades | 1997 | Education grants; cash transfer or in-kind support for school supplies, basic health package; cash transfer for family feeding; nutritional supplements for children pregnant or nursing women | Nutritional support of US$15/month per family;
Education grants:
From US$10 to $55.50 depending on the grade. |
Approx. US$1.86 million for 2002 (0.32% of GDP in 2001
|
Nicaragua Paper (28kb pdf) Presentation (589kb pdf) | Red de Protección Social (Social Protection Network) | Fondo de Inversión Social de Emergencia- FISE (Emergency Social Investment Fund) | 2000 | Nutritional grants for necessary foods; Education grants for families with children between 6-13 years old | Nutritional grant of US$34 bimonthly; Educational grant of US$17 bimonthly for homes with children 6-13 year-old; beneficiary receives annually US$20 per registered child | Approx. US$5 million for 2002 (0.021% of GDP) |
Turkey Paper (30kb pdf) Presentation (1.3mb pdf) | Social Fund | Social Solidarity Fund of the State Statistics Institute (DIE) | 2002 | Educational and health grants | Educational support is given during nine months of the year for US$9.50/month, for first child, US$8 for the second and US$6.40 for the others; The health support includes US$8 per month per child under six years of age | Approx. US$120 million for 2004 (0.06% of GDP) |
Workshop Summary Report in 
RSS