The document summarizes a study on combining Conditional Cash Transfer programs with Rural Development projects in El Salvador to evaluate the impact on outcomes like income, access to financial markets, women's empowerment, and economic assets. The study used mixed methods to evaluate the impact of pairing CCT with either food security programs or value chain programs for small farmers. Quantitative analysis of a final sample of 1301 households in four comparison groups provided evidence that combining CCT and RD had positive impacts on measured outcomes.

1. Social protection, entrepreneurship and labor market activation; International Seminar and Policy Forum.
Conditional Cash Transfer and Rural Development
in Latin America. Country Study: El Salvador.
Cesar Del Pozo
Comments
Brasilia, September 10th – 11th 2014

2. Summary
Main objective: to identify symergies and complementaries between Conditional
Cash Transfers (CCT) and Rural Develpoment Projects (RD).
Outcomes of interest: income, access to financial markets, women empowerment,
economic assets.
To the impact evaluation use mixed methods.
CCT+Food Security (subsistence families)
CCT+Value chains (small and medium commercial farmers)
Final sample 1301 households in four comparison groups: A(CCT+RD), C(RD),
AC(CCT+RD), BC(CCT)
Quantitative evidencie of positive impacts of CCT+RD on outcomes

3. Policy relevance
Strong contribution to the design of a
«gradutaion strategies» to exit out poverty

4. Some questions
High probability of contamination of control
groups.
Heterogeneous impacts: for households and
individuals (women) with different educational
levels.