Objectives

• improved health and nutrition for population aged 0-5 years old

• improved education of the school age population (6-14 years old)

• improved conditions amongst extremely poor mothers

• provide appropriate tools that allow for financial sustainability of the household through productive, work-related training and micro-credit

Conditionalities

• compliance of women with the basic protocol concerning preventative health
• participation of women in training courses and participation in community development
• school enrolment of school-age children (kindergarden through sixth grade)

Transfer size

• between 15% and 18% of the minimum rural salary to stimulate the demand for health services, nutrition and basic education

Frequency of transfer

• bimonthly, during three years

Target population

• families living in extreme poverty within priority municipalities

Targeting mechanism

• proxy-means test

• 2004-2009 Goal: 100,000 extremely poor families
• 2010-2015 Goal: 220,000 households

• US$150-200 million, approximately US$50 million per year (for transfer payments and measures to improve provision of basic services and productive programs)

Implementing agency

• Co-ordination of the Social Area at the President’s Office
• Technical Secretariat at the President’s Office
• Social Investment Fund for Local Development of El Salvador (FISDL)
• sectoral ministries