Argentina

The objectives of the Additional Financing for the Basic Protection Project are to increase the effectiveness of Argentina's income transfer programs for the unempl... Mostrar más + oyed and families with children, by improving selected design features, transparency and accountability of the family allowances and Seguro de Capacitacion y Empleo (SCE) program, and by expanding coverage and transferring beneficiaries from other, less effective schemes and programs, to the family allowances program and the SCE program. The additional financing will continue to provide financial support to the three components designed for the original project: (i) support to the provision of Seguro de Capacitacion y Empleo (SCE) benefits, a program run by the Ministry of Labor to provide basic income and training to unemployed workers; (ii) support for the provision of family allowances benefits, by including children of unemployed and informally employed workers as beneficiaries of this program; and (iii) provide technical assistance to the implementing agencies to ensure successful implementation and a strong monitoring system for both programs. Mostrar menos -