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Countries which have tried cash transfers
Sunday December 02, 2012 06:44:40 PM,
IANS
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Many countries have experimented
with cash transfers to improve social, economic and health
indicators of their citizens:
Brazil
Brazil has used the direct cash transfer to improve access of
food, schools and health institutions to the very poor. A study by
United Nations Development Fund in 2006 reflected the improvement
in educational and health indicators of poor in Brazil because of
conditionalities linked with cash transfer.
A recent World Health
Organisation study in cash transfer municipalities of Brazil found
cash transfer helped the government to reduce the fertility rate
resulting in better health of lesser number of children per
family.
Egypt
The Ministry of Social Solidarity, with assistance from a team of
American University in Cairo researchers, plans to introduce
Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) in Egypt, a type of welfare
programme that makes subsidy payments conditional on certain
behaviour.
CCT welfare programmes aim to reduce long-term poverty
through subsidy schemes that are conditional upon receivers'
actions--such as sending children to school and regularly visiting
doctors.
Indonesia
In 2005, an Unconditional Cash Transfer for the poor (19.2 million
poor and near-poor households) was piloted to compensate for
increased fuel prices.
Philippines
In January 2007, the government of Philippines implemented a pilot
conditional cash transfer programme in 20 districts, spread
throughout the country. Run by the Department of Social Welfare
and Development (DSWD), the programme transfers an amount
equivalent to $33-35 per month to each of the chosen families.
Bangladesh
There are several food transfer programmes, though the country is
focusing its attention on cash transfers, mainly conditional in
the education area. Bangladesh has many programmes but no
overarching framework.
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