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the num ber of adults in the household shows an increasing trend. These findings suggest that cash transfer program m es relating to children can be further expanded because of the increase in the num bers of the working population in Brazil. The situation is the opposite in all aspects for the old-age group. The share in the total population is higher than that using inequality-adjusted weights and this gap has increased over the decade. Inequality-adjusted per capita elderly was represented as 3.6

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the num ber of adults in the household shows an increasing trend. These findings suggest that cash transfer program m es relating to children can be further expanded because of the increase in the num bers of the working population in Brazil. The situation is the opposite in all aspects for the old-age group. The share in the total population is higher than that using inequality-adjusted weights and this gap has increased over the decade. Inequality-adjusted per capita elderly was represented as 3.6

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Cash Transfer Programmes in Brazil: Impacts on Inequality and Poverty

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in 1996. The transfers are m ade to the elderly or people w ith a severe disability, w hose fam ily per capita incom e is less than one quarter of the m inim um w age2 (approxim ately US$ 1/day in M arch, 2006). The value of the transfer is equivalent to a m onthly m inim um w age (approxim ately US$ 4/day). The benefit is independent of previous contributions to the social security system and is not subject to any conditionality. All extrem ely poor individuals over 65 years of age, w hether

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in 1996. The transfers are m ade to the elderly or people w ith a severe disability, w hose fam ily per capita incom e is less than one quarter of the m inim um w age2 (approxim ately US$ 1/day in M arch, 2006). The value of the transfer is equivalent to a m onthly m inim um w age (approxim ately US$ 4/day). The benefit is independent of previous contributions to the social security system and is not subject to any conditionality. All extrem ely poor individuals over 65 years of age, w hether

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Confronting Capacity Constraints on Conditional Cash Transfers in Latin America: the cases...

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16 International Poverty Centre Working Paper nº 38 a banking institution, which organizes the logistics of the payments, including the transport of the funds, maintaining security and providing cashiers. This experience differs from that of Brazil, for instance, which counts on a fairly developed and widespread banking network that allows an automated scheme for the delivery of transfers through money-teller machines and magnetic cards. In contrast, Red Solidaria’s transfers are handled manually and

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16 International Poverty Centre Working Paper nº 38 a banking institution, which organizes the logistics of the payments, including the transport of the funds, maintaining security and providing cashiers. This experience differs from that of Brazil, for instance, which counts on a fairly developed and widespread banking network that allows an automated scheme for the delivery of transfers through money-teller machines and magnetic cards. In contrast, Red Solidaria’s transfers are handled manually and

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Cash benefits to disabled persons in Brazil: An analysis of the BPC � Continuous Ca...

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programme’s operation, make the programme relatively w ell protected against attempts to reduce the budget in the short run. The programme makes unconditional transfers to elderly and disabled people w ho live in extreme poverty. The monthly payments amount to one minimum w age and the beneficiaries or their relatives w ithdraw the money through the banking system via magnetic cards. The individual cannot accumulate other benefits but the family can, w hich in reality does not occur due to the targeting of

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programme’s operation, make the programme relatively w ell protected against attempts to reduce the budget in the short run. The programme makes unconditional transfers to elderly and disabled people w ho live in extreme poverty. The monthly payments amount to one minimum w age and the beneficiaries or their relatives w ithdraw the money through the banking system via magnetic cards. The individual cannot accumulate other benefits but the family can, w hich in reality does not occur due to the targeting of

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