Over 100 million people benefit from CTPs in Latin America

According to ECLAC, Conditional transfer programmes (CTPs) operate in 18 of the region's countries and benefit over 25 million families, which represents around 113 million people (or 19% of the population of Latin America and the Caribbean).

Those programmes with the highest number of beneficiaries in absolute terms are Bolsa Família (family grant) in Brazil (52 million people - almost half of all CTP recipients in the region), Oportunidades (Opportunities) in Mexico (27 million people) and Familias en Acción (Families in action) in Colombia (12 million).

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