Country Programme Type Programme Title Agencies involved Year started Programme Description Programme Objectives

Bolivia- 3 Income transfer plus transfer for human development Bono Juancito Pinto Bolivian Government 2006

Transfers Target population and coverage

To promote the accumulation of human capital as a way of breaking the intergenerational cycle of poverty. Also to encourage the retention and completion of primary school children in public schools, to support households to cover costs of study materials, transportation and food, and t incurred by sending children to school and to lower school dropout rates All households receive 200 Bolivianos per child and per year such as vouchers Public school children up to grade 8. They must be registered and being attending school regularly (at least 80% attendance). In 2009, 1.8 million children in public schools received a voucher to purchase school supplies and other materials . In 2008: it was reported that about 660,165 children in rural areas and more than one million in urban areas received the grant. Coverage in 2007:1.3million children and in 2006, one million children

Selection of beneficiaries Monitoring and Evaluation Evaluation results Cost Implementation Issues Programme and Evaluation Sources

Since Bono Juancito Pinto was launched, school dropouts fell from 5.3% to 2.5% in basic education (grades 1 to 8) Estimate cost of US$ 30 million per year (370 million Bolivianos, about 0.2% of GDP in 2008 Distributed by national Armed Forces

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