The Bolsa Família Program (PBF) was created on October 20, 2003 by Provisional Measure No. 132, converted into Law No. 10,836 of January 9, 2004. The PBF is a direct conditional cash transfer program that benefits poor families (with monthly income per person from R$ 60.01 to R$ 120.00) and extremely poor (with monthly income per person of up to R$ 60.00). Families with a monthly per capita income of up to R$60.00 can be included in the program regardless of their composition. They receive a fixed benefit of BRL 50.00, with a variable benefit of BRL 15.00 being added for each pregnant woman, nursing mother, child and adolescent from 0 to 15 years of age, up to a limit of BRL 45.00, making a benefit total of BRL 95.00. In turn, families with a monthly per capita income between R$60.01 and R$120, 00 can join the program as long as they have pregnant women, nursing mothers, children and adolescents between 0 and 15 years old. These families receive a variable monthly benefit of R$ 15.00 per pregnant woman, nursing mother and child up to 15 years of age, which can reach R$ 45.00. Such amounts can be added in return for municipalities and states, depending on the agreement signed by them with the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS). The PBF is implemented in 100% of the country’s municipalities and serves 67.1% of poor families. depending on an agreement signed by them with the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS). The PBF is implemented in 100% of the country’s municipalities and serves 67.1% of poor families. depending on an agreement signed by them with the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS). The PBF is implemented in 100% of the country’s municipalities and serves 67.1% of poor families.
The PBF is based on the premise that compliance with conditionalities will have a positive impact on reducing future poverty by guaranteeing the members of the beneficiary families better health conditions and an increase in the level of education, as well as skills and competences for work and citizenship. It is considered that the effectiveness of income transfer programs is closely associated with the fulfillment, by the families, of the counterpart requirements.
Given the size and importance of the BFP in combating poverty and hunger and in reducing inequalities in the country, it is essential to determine and estimate the magnitude of the results due exclusively to the Program. With this objective in mind, under the auspices of the MDS, the Impact Assessment Survey of the Bolsa Família Program (AIBF) and the Bolsa Família Research – Implementation (BFI) were carried out, with the Center for Development and Regional Planning at the Federal University of Minas Gerais (Cedeplar/UFMG).
Impact Assessment Survey of the Bolsa Família Program (AIBF)
Cedeplar, with the operational partnership of SCIENCE-Associação Científica, developed, implemented and executed the AIBF Research – baseline phase . In this phase, the necessary information was collected for the analysis of differences between beneficiary and non-beneficiary families, in terms of expenses with food, diversification of food items consumed, anthropometry and children’s and adult clothing, among other household slot online consumption items. Given the conditionalities of the PBF in relation to school attendance of children from beneficiary families and in relation to monitoring the health of pregnant women, nursing mothers and children, the AIBF Survey also collected information on these topics and analyzed the differences between beneficiary and non-beneficiary families in these areas. dimensions. The baseline phasewas designed with a view to carrying out the follow-up phase , which will enable the assessment of the BFP impacts.
Household collection took place from 10/24/2005 to 12/05/2005, in 269 municipalities distributed in 24 Brazilian federative units, covering a total of 15,426 households. The field team was composed of a general coordination, 23 state coordinators, 83 supervisors and 715 interviewers. Fieldwork was supervised by Cedeplar/UFMG.
The field operation was divided into two stages. The first step, screening or scanning the census tracts of the sample, aimed to produce information on the composition of each sector in relation to the presence and proportion of households with beneficiary families, households with type I control families and households with type II control. The sample of households was obtained from this information (details on the sample design available at the end of this page).
The collection of information through the collection instrument developed by the AIBF Research team – baseline phase was carried out in the next step. This stage also included the collection of anthropometric measurements from all members of the sample households.
The sample size confers representation for three large areas of the country – the Northeast Region, the Southeast and South regions, together, and the North and Center-West regions, also together.
The AIBF Survey was completed in October 2006.
Team:
- General Coordinator: Prof Diana Oya Sawyer
- Academic Coordinator: Prof. Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves Rios-Netto
- Operational Coordinator: Prof. André Junqueira Caetano
- Coordinators Impact Analysis: Prof. Ana Maria Hermeto Camilo de Oliveira and Prof. Mônica Viegas Andrade
- Design and Sampling Procedures: Prof. Pedro Luis do Nascimento Silva
- Researchers: Anne Caroline Costa Resende, Clarissa Guimarães Rodrigues, Davidson Afonso de Ramos, Elisenda Renteria Perez, Flávia Lucia Chein Feres, Izabel Guimarães Marri, Julio Alfredo Racchumi Romero, Laetícia Rodrigues de Souza, Luiza de Marilac de Souza, Marisol Alfonso de Armas and Rafael Perez Ribas.
- Operational Manager: Agesilau Neiva Almada
- Coordination and Execution Field: SCIENCE – Scientific Association
Check out:
- description of the research (sampling process)
- household collection questionnaire
- quiz cover
- data dictionary
electronic media
| Internet: | Bolsa Família beneficiaries spend more on food and clothing (Secretary of Social Communication of the Presidency of the Republic – 05/21/2007) |
| Radio: | Interview ( Radio Itatiaia – 03/06/2007 ) {mp3}Pesquisa_AIBF_Radio Itatiaia_06-03-07_06-30hs{/mp3} |
| Interview ( CBN Notícias – 06/03/2007 ) {mp3}Pesquisa_AIBF_CBN_Noticias_06-03-07_06-40hs{/mp3} |
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| TV: | Report (Rede Globo – Jornal Nacional – 05/18/2007) |
| Newspaper: | Children still on the streets (Diario da Tarde – 03/13/2007) |
| The power of bullets on family income (Diario da Tarde – 03/13/2007) | |
| The failure of Bolsa Família (Diario da Tarde – 03/14/2007) | |
| Bolsa Família still seeks 330 thousand to pay benefit (Folha de São Paulo – 03/27/2007) | |
| Bolsa Família alone does not interrupt the transmission of poverty between generations (Valor Econômico – 02/12/2007) |
Institutional Research on the Implementation and Management of the Bolsa Família Program (BFI)
The great Brazilian municipal heterogeneity in terms of institutional, programmatic and operational capacities, the influence that this heterogeneity entails in the implementation of the Bolsa Família Program (PBF) and its effect on the program’s impact make the institutional evaluation of the PBF fundamental. Cedeplar was responsible for developing, implementing and executing the Bolsa Família Research – Implementation (BFI).
The BFI Research had as main objectives: (1) to analyze the role of municipal managers in the management of the program and in the fulfillment of the obligations defined by the Ministry of Social Development and Fight against Hunger (MDS); (2) analyze the role of the PBF’s social control bodies in fulfilling their functions; (3) analyze the experience of municipalities with electronic information systems on school attendance, health and benefit management; (4) assess implementation at the local level in the face of decentralization and intergovernmental relations; (5) analyze the differential effects of the BFP between beneficiary and non-beneficiary families, incorporating the national heterogeneity of municipal capacities.
The BFI Survey was carried out in the 269 municipalities that made up the sample of the AIBF Survey, which are distributed in 24 Brazilian federative units.
Data were collected through the application, in each municipality, of eight questionnaires, each one specifically designed for the following strategic informants in the local design of the BFP: (1) municipal authority (mayor or his representative); (2) PBF municipal manager; (3) a member of the BFP’s social control body; (4) secretary of education; (5) a municipal school principal; (6) health secretary; (7) a head of a primary health care unit; (8) secretary or person responsible for social assistance in the municipality.
In addition to the primary data, a secondary database was set up with information on education, health, social assistance, budget, intergovernmental transfers, elections and population.
The BFI Survey began in July 2006 and has a duration of 11 months. Fieldwork was carried out in November and December 2006.
Team:
- General Coordinator: Prof Diana Oya Sawyer
- Academic Coordinator: Prof. Eduardo Luiz Gonçalves Rios-Netto
- Operational Coordinator: Prof. André Junqueira Caetano
- Consultant: Prof. Cristina Almeida Cunha Filgueiras
- Researchers: Davidson Afonso de Ramos and Luiza de Marilac de Souza
- Operational Manager: Agesilau Neiva Almada