Blanco, GastónApella, Ignacio2015-11-102015-11-102015-09https://hdl.handle.net/10986/22929As part of the 2006-2011 National Development Plan, the Plurinational State of Bolivia launched two cash transfer programs and one youth labor training program aimed at promoting the accumulation of households’ human capital: the Juancito Pinto Educational Grant, the Juana Azurduy Mother-Child Grant, and my first decent job. The objective of this paper is to analyze the effectiveness of the targeting mechanisms utilized in these programs. Based on the information provided by the Ongoing Household Survey, we estimate the mechanisms’ potential inclusion and exclusion errors. The results permit us to suggest that the categorical selection mechanisms used in the three programs are effective in reaching the poorest population, although they present distinct levels of inclusion and exclusion errors associated with both the design and implementation problems of the particular mechanism utilized.en-USCC BY 3.0 IGOSERVICE DELIVERY POINTSHEALTH INSURANCEPROTECTION POLICIESCONDITIONAL CASHSOCIAL PROGRAMSINCOME DISTRIBUTIONINFANTSCHOOL-AGE CHILDRENINCOME POVERTYMEANS TESTINGCHRONIC MALNUTRITIONPOORPREGNANT WOMANPENSIONNUTRITION PROGRAMSPOVERTYSAVINGSSECONDARY SCHOOLMINISTRY OF HEALTHKNOWLEDGEBENEFIT SYSTEMSADOLESCENTSPOVERTY INCIDENCEDISTRIBUTION OF WEALTHVULNERABILITYEXTREME POVERTYTARGETING MECHANISMSPOPULATIONPOVERTY LINEMALNUTRITIONHOUSEHOLD PER CAPITA INCOMEEMPLOYMENT OPPORTUNITIESPUBLIC SPENDINGCASH TRANSFERSUNEMPLOYMENTSELECTION CRITERIAPOVERTY REDUCTIONLEVEL OF POVERTYWOMENGRANT PROGRAMWOMANLABOR MARKET PROGRAMSSAFETY NET PROGRAMSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENTSAVINGS ACCOUNTSSOCIAL ASSISTANCESTUDENTSCONTRIBUTORY PENSIONSPOVERTY MAPSCASH TRANSFERSOCIAL PROTECTIONHOUSEHOLD SURVEYLAND OWNERSHIPPRIMARY SCHOOLSOCIAL SAFETY NETEMPLOYMENT PROGRAMSTRANSFERSMALNUTRITION AMONG CHILDRENSOCIAL SAFETY NETSDURABLE GOODSPOLICYHUMAN CAPITALFAMILY INCOMEELIGIBILITY CRITERIONIMPACT ON POVERTYSOCIAL INSURANCESAFETY NETSSAFETY NETUNEMPLOYMENT BENEFITDEVELOPMENT PLANNINGECONOMIC CAPACITIESHOUSEHOLD INCOMEPENSIONSPUBLIC TRANSFERSEMPLOYMENT STATUSINCIDENCE ANALYSISTRANSFER PROGRAMEDUCATION SYSTEMSMORTALITYSCHOOL ENROLLMENTFINANCIAL PROTECTIONELIGIBLE BENEFICIARIESSOCIOECONOMIC STATUSCITIZENSADMINISTRATIVE COSTSINSURANCEPREGNANCIESELIGIBILITY CRITERIASKILLED LABORHOUSEHOLD SURVEYSRURALRURAL PUBLICSOCIAL PROGRAMINFANT MORTALITYMOTHERPOOR CHILDRENPREGNANT WOMENSOCIAL SECURITYNATIONAL GOVERNMENTRURAL AREASBENEFICIARIESMEANS TESTFAMILY BENEFITSPOVERTY LEVELINCIDENCE OF POVERTYSOCIAL POLICIESECONOMIC POLICIESSOCIAL WORKERSNUTRITIONPOOR COUNTRIESELIGIBILITY REQUIREMENTSBENEFICIARYYOUNG ADULTSLIMITED RESOURCESCONFLICTINCOMEFORMAL EDUCATIONGOVERNMENT HEALTHNATURAL RESOURCESSCHOOL YEARASSISTANCE PROGRAMSELDERLYSOCIAL SECURITY PROGRAMSPOLICIESTRAININGFOOD TRANSFERSTARGETINGSERVICE DELIVERYTRANSFER PROGRAMSFOREIGN POLICYSCHOOL STUDENTSBIODIVERSITYPOOR HOUSEHOLDLABOR FORCECASH TRANSFER PROGRAMSRISKSHUMAN DEVELOPMENTLIVING CONDITIONSPROTECTION POLICYFOOD SECURITYPOOR HOUSEHOLDSNATIONAL DEVELOPMENT PLANWorking PaperWorld Bank10.1596/22929