Report
Understanding the factors that matter in the implementation of Bolsa Família
Jan 28, 2015
Bolsa Familia (BF) is a conditional cash transfer programme in Brazil. This report aims to understand the principal agent problem in BF. Our findings suggest that implementation agencies must have a clear incentive in the programme either through the provision of support to them in the programme or through being held to account. We show that more integration between BF and supporting services is associated with better implementation.
A look at contextual factors that affect the quality of implementation
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Bolsa Familia (BF) is a conditional cash transfer programme introduced in 2003 in Brazil. This report aims to understand the principal agent problem in BF. We do this by running three generalised linear models to find associations between contextual factors such as capacity of agents against outcome measures related to the quality of the provision of services such as the quality of registries. Our findings suggest that those implementing services must have a clear incentive in the programme either through the provision of support under the programme or through the accountability process. Smaller municipalities and those with poorer constituencies tend to have more accurate registries. Health and education services seem to have less incentive to operate in BF as they have no electoral incentive or receive support under BF. Finally, our models show that more integration between BF and health and education services is associated with better reported implementation.
Chapter One
Introduction
Chapter Two
Data
Chapter Three
Approach
Chapter Four
Findings
Chapter Five
Limitations
Chapter Six
Conclusion
The research described in this report was supported by the UK Economic Social Research Council (ESRC) and Department for International Development (DFID) and conducted by RAND Europe.
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