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Strengthening and sustaining social protection systems
Second Meeting of Ministers of Social Development
2nd Plenary Session
Fiscal Sustainability
Pablino Cáceres ParedesMinister
Ministry of Social Action, Paraguay
Cali, ColombiaJuly 8 – 9, 2010
Poverty, the country’s most serious problem
Paraguay is a country of contrasts, rich in resources, but with large sectors of the population in poverty
Total population
Not poor62.1%
Poor37.9%
2,324,556 Extreme poor
50.1%
Poor population
In food poverty + ability poverty:1,165,384 personsor 208,104 families
Families under Social ProtectionJuly 2010: 116,000 families protected
December 2010: 150,000 families protected
December 2010: 200,000 families identified
CCTs in Paraguay
OBJECTIVEOBJECTIVE STRATEGYSTRATEGY COMPONENTSCOMPONENTS
Contribute to poverty reduction and breaking the inter-generational cycle of extreme poverty
Contribute to poverty reduction and breaking the inter-generational cycle of extreme poverty
Generate human capital in homes in extreme poverty through incentives for access to and use of health, nutrition, and education services and to improve consumption capacity..
Generate human capital in homes in extreme poverty through incentives for access to and use of health, nutrition, and education services and to improve consumption capacity..
PUBLIC OFFERPUBLIC OFFER
Guarantee the offer and the access of a package of services including health, nutrition and education according the life cycle of the beneficiaries, in co responsibility with the respective sectors of the national, regional and local government.
Guarantee the offer and the access of a package of services including health, nutrition and education according the life cycle of the beneficiaries, in co responsibility with the respective sectors of the national, regional and local government.
CASH TRANSFERSCASH TRANSFERS
Deliver cash transfers to participating households that fulfill their co responsibilities
Deliver cash transfers to participating households that fulfill their co responsibilities
Tekoporâ: “Live well”, Conditional (Co responsible) Cash Transfer Program (CCT)
The reality faced by
the beneficiaries of the Tekoporâ Program
Poverty is not neutralAbout the family members of Tekoporâ
beneficiary families:• 54% are children and adolescents under 18 years of age; • 40% are not in the civil registry and thus do not have an identity card. • 95% have no medical insurance.
Beneficiary households: 60% families live in overcrowded conditions (3 or more persons per room); 85% live in homes with walls made of wood; 74% live in homes with dirt floors; 96% of the households use firewood to cook food; Around 40% do not have a designated area in which to bathe; Only 1% have an electric shower; 92% use a common latrine; 18% have no access to electricity; 72% do not have a refrigerator; 90% speak only guaraní.
Nutrition deficiency and lack access to adequate food
Low health standards
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Difficult access to financial services
High drop out rates and low matriculation rates in schools
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Lack of identity
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Unstable living conditions/infrastructure
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+Scarce capacity of mothers in nutritional and hygiene practices
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Low income
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Lack of income
Basic needs unsatisfied
Lack of social and economic opportunities
Require a multidimensional approach
The poorest families suffer from:
Risks faced by the beneficiaries of the Tekoporă Program
Household Poverty Trap
Child labor
Illiteracy, low levels of education
Malnutrition and Illness
Lack of Identity
Crime and Violence
Lack of business/job
capital
SOCIAL PROTECTION NETWORK FOR OVERCOMING EXTREME POVERTY
Breaking the vicious cycle of poverty through a coordinated strategy
It is an integral intervention strategy and coordinated by the different entities and levels of state to improve the living conditions of families in situations of extreme poverty.
Consolidate all social programs in the selected families in order to reach a series of basic achievements.
Preferential access to state social programs.
Family Dynamic
Education sessions on nutrition, adequate family
hygiene, social development.
Banking services and
saving
Savings account and access to credit
SAS – Ministry of Social Action (Ministries of the
Presidency of the Republic)
BNF – Financing Agency for Development
Living conditions
Improvements to the kitchen, dining room, and bathroom
infrastructure. Sanitary infrastructure
CONAVI - SAS
Income and Work
Vocational Training; starting productive projects;
temporary work MAG – MOPC – MIC -
MJT
Make the offer of public services compatible with the demand created by CCT programs
Positive impacts in the quantitative and qualitative indicators of social programs
Reduction of extreme poverty.Reduction of malnutrition.Reduction of morbidity.Reduction of maternal and infant mortality. Rise in school matriculation.Rise in retention and reentrance in school.Rise in documented persons.Rise in number of community organizations.Women participating in families and communities.Families know of the existing resources and community
programs. Improvement in individual and community self-esteem
and confidence level.Change of attitude in the beneficiaries.
“Social Protection”, under permanent risk!
Social Protection
Transfer program with co
responsibility
Social Promotion
Preferential Access to Social Programs
Economic and Social Inclusion
Universal policies and programs
They do not encompass the situation of structural poverty in the short-medium term
Little emphasis on the accumulation of human or physical capital or in the productive capacity of adults.
Criticism of traditional CCTs
Address the Problem of Poverty in three areas:
Pasan de ser programas de Estado y no de Gobierno.
The IRP as a income generation strategy. Strengthen networks, to overcome prejudices
and stereotypes that hinder protection. Arrange the dissemination of successful
experiences of all the countries that make up the CIDES.
Prioritize the communication of best practices.
The need to reinforce social protection programs:
Stimulate private companies through a tax resolution; tax breaks for companies that donate annually of periodically to a social program.
Designate a percentage of the royalties from binationals such as Yacyretâ and Itaipú to state social programs.
Generate taxes on certain imported goods; as well as court fees and agribusiness.
Create a law for protection and food security that deems a percentage of the general national budget must go to social protection and food security programs.
The need to reinforce social protection programs:
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