June, 9th, 2008Dakar, Senegal

The Brazilian Social Protection Policies and Experience

Brazil: some figuresBrazil: some figures• Population 2007: 191 millions inhabitants

• Size: 8.5 millions km²

• GDP 2007 – US$ 1 trillion

• Per Capita GDP 2007– US$ 5,640

• Federal republic with 26 States, and 5,564 municipalities and 1 Federal District

• Poor population - 2006: 25%

• Extremely poor population: 9.4%

• Gini Coefficient 2006 = 0.562

• Human Development Index, 2004 = 0.79Currency rate R$1,00 = USS$ 1.66

ZERO HUNGER

Access to food Bolsa FamíliaSchool food (PNAE)CisternsPopular RestaurantsUrban Agriculture / Community GardensFood banksFood to specific population groups Healthy food / Health habits promotion Vitamin A and iron distribution Food and nutrition for indigenous groups Food and nutritional educationSISVANWorker feeding (PAT)Basic Food Basket

Strengthening the Family Agriculture PRONAFFamily Agriculture Insurance Harvest Insurance Family Agriculture’s Food Acquisition Programme (PAA)

Income GenerationSocial and professional qualification Solidary Economy and Productive Inclusion CONSADsPoor communities’ productive organization

(PRODUZIR)Ragpickers cooperatives development Oriented productive micro credit

Articulation, mobilization and social control

Family Home (CRAS/PAIF)Citizenship education and social mobilization Public agents training Help and donations mobilization Alliances with enterprises and entities Social control councils

Integrated Programmes

SESANNational Secretariat of Food and Nutritional

Security

SENARCNational Secretariat

of Citizenship Income

SNASNational Secretariat of

Social Assistance

•Bolsa Família•Cadastro Único

•BPC/LOAS/RMV : Idosos e PCD•Programa de Atenção Integral à Família –

PAIF•Centro de Referência de Assistência Social

– CRAS•Centro de Referência Especializado de

Assistência Social – CREAS•Serviços Continuados para o atendimento

à criança, à família, à pessoa idosa•Programa de Erradicação do Trabalho

Infantil - PETI•Projeto Agente Jovem de Desenvolvimento

Social e Humano•Programa Sentinela

•Programa de Aquisição de

Alimentos – PAA•Cisternas•CONSADs•Restaurantes Populares•Bancos de Alimentos•Cozinhas Comunitárias•Distribuição de Cestas de Alimentos•Agricultura Urbana•Educação Alimentar e Nutricional•Cartilhas•Apoio a Comunidades Quilombolas•Carteira Indígena

MDS Actions

Single Registry

•Contains socio-economic data from families with per capita income of up to ½ minimum wage;

•Allows the identification of household needs and caracteristics and also of individuals;

•Used to select beneficiaries of several social programmes;

• Constant update. Information collected is valid for two years.

CadÚnico – Single Registry

Family Data

Address

Household

Characteristic

Quantity of

Vulnerable

Members

CadÚnico Data

Personal Data

Identification

Documents

Schooling

Professional Life

Family Relations

Participation in

Targeted Programs15.6 MM registered14.1 MM self reported poor

60.7 MM registered56.5 MM self reported poor

Single Registry: Highlights

•Data collection and entry is decentralized to the municipalities;

• Database consolidation and management is centralized;

• Gender equality: Women (mothers) are preferentially indicated as potential receiver of the benefit;

•Increasing effort to include the most vulnerable categories (indigenous populations, street dwellers etc.).

Immediate poverty relief (income)

Rupture of the poverty intergenerational cycle (Conditionalities)

Family development (complementary actions)

Bolsa Familia Program

Income Transfer

focused conditioned free use of cash

Objectives

Benefits

Extremely poor Families: monthly per capita income of US$ 36,14 or less

• Basic Benefit: US$ 34.87

• Variable Benefit: US$10.82 per children under 15 years old up to the limit of 3 benefits (US$ 32.46).

• Variable Benefit for the Young (16-17 y.o.): US$18.03 per children up to the limit of 2 benefits (US$36.06).

Poor Families: monthly per capita income between US$ 36,14 and US$ 72,28

•BFP makes payments via the banking system, through CAIXA, which credits benefits payments to beneficiaries’ electronic benefit cards (EBC) on monthly basis according payroll.

•Variable Benefit: up to 3 members

•Variable Benefit for the Young: up to 2 members

• With this benefits menu, income transfers range from US$ 10.82 to US$ 99.40.

1R$ = US$ 1,66

Conditionalities: Access to Rights

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Health

EducationSchool attendance for all family´s children aged 6-15 years old (85% daily attendance) and 16-17 years old (75% d.a.)

• Completion of vaccines according recommended schedule, and growth monitoring for children ages 0-7 years old.• Pre- and pos-natal checkup for pregnant women

•The Ministries of Health and Education are responsible for promoting the training of state and municipal managers in monitoring human capital

conditionalities. They also are responsible for consolidating conditionality compliance information and reporting this to MDS.

Bolsa Família’s Coverage

November 2003 December 2007

3.6 milion benefits paid as of november 2003

Estimated number of Poor Families – 11.2 million (2003)11.1 milions benefits paid

Estimated number of Poor Families – 11,1 milhões (2006l)

Até 25%Mais de 25% Até 50%Mais de 50% Até 75%Mais de 75%

Fonte: MDS/IBGE/IPEA

2007 Expenditure : R$ 9 bilhões - (US$ 5 billions)2008 Budget: US$ 6.253 billions)

Impact on Budget: 0.35% GDP Management Costs: 5%

Income inequality evolutionGini index

Indice de GINI - Desigualdade de Renda per capita - Brasil

0,6068

0,56200,5680

0,5717

0,5829

0,5886

0,5957

0,59370,6001

0,6004

0,6019

0,5832

0,5994

1992 1993 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006

Source: CPS/BRE/FGV using HH Survey (Pnad/IBGE)Bolsa Família is responsible for 21% of inequality reduction 2003-2005

National Secretariat for Food and Nutrition Security ($ 395 millions)

• Food Acquisition Program (PAA): Its objective is to guarantee the access to foods in necessary amount, with quality and regularity to the populations in situation of food and nutritional insecurity and to promote the social inclusion by strengthening family agriculture. ($ 277 millions)

•Cisterns: viable alternative of water supply for human consumption in the semi-arid. Appropriate technology, the use is easy, household use, low cost of maintenance, simple maintenance, high durability. ($ 46 millions)

•Popular Restaurants: They cook and sell healthy meals, offered with subsidized and accessible prices in great urban centers. ($ 18 millions)

• Food Banks: Private donation of food. The food is selected, packed and distributed to social assistance entities. ($ 3,5 millions)

•Community Kitchens: They are part of a strategy to offer balanced meals, produced with quality and compatible with the requirements for a healthy meal, they also promote the social inclusion. ($ 3 millions)

Food Acquisition Program (PAA)

•Income from commercialization of PAA beneficiaries’ rural production is almost three times higher than the non-beneficiaries’.

•Prices paid by PAA are, among different products, higher than those offered in other forms of commercialization.

•Strengthening of Women:•Access to credit •Planning that can be made from the budget •Improvement of self-esteem •Reduction in the dependence with partners •Reduction in the domestic violence

Continuous Cash Benefit

• Social Pension targeting the elderly (over 65) and disabled;

• Managed with the Ministry of Social Security;

• Vulnerable elderly with income of less than ¼ minimum wage;

• Benefit: 1 minimum wage.

Summary

• Group of actions which target the same group – creating synergy;

• Further integrate policies and programmes;

• Increasing effort to include other vulnerable groups;

• Effort to link with programmes from Ministry of Labor.

Thank You !

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