Challenges and Need for Reformulation in the Targeting of Conditional Cash Transfer Programs in Latin America and the Caribbean: A Systematic Review

Abstract

Conditional cash transfer programs are programs that have been implemented to improve the living conditions of the most vulnerable population in exchange for meeting certain conditions. For this, a key element is the targeting that allows families to choose. benefited. For this systematic review article, the Prisma method was used. Targeting is an essential element in the execution of this type of programs, these regularly respond more to political criteria, in the same way there are inclusion errors and exclusion errors. Targeting is important for the success of a cash transfer program, the low impact on the programs is due to the development of erroneous targeting criteria, poorly applied, which suggests that it is necessary to reformulate targeting in all conditional cash transfer programs in Latin America and the Caribbean.