Human capital, social programs and development. The case of the Tekoporã program in Yuty, Caazapá, Paraguay

Abstract

This research on the contribution of the Conditional Cash Transfer Program with Co-responsibility “Tekoporã” in the formation of human capital in the district of Yuty, years 2016 and 2020. In the world there is a significant number of people who are in a situation of poverty, inequality and exclusion, the Tekoporã program seeks to reduce poverty through the use of monetary transfers to families and break the intergenerational cycle of poverty through investments in the health and education of its members. The general objective was to establish the contribution of the “Tekoporã” Conditional Cash Transfers with Co-responsibility Program in the formation of human capital in the district of Yuty, years 2016 and 2020. The methodology used was documentary-bibliographic and explanatory-level field, combining with survey techniques, mathematical and statistical research. Among the main results, it is stated that the greatest contribution of the Tekoporã Program is concentrated in education, both in school enrollment and in school attendance. Therefore, the approach of cash transfer programs, particularly the Tekoporã program, of requiring families to comply with co-responsibilities in order to remain in the program, allows significant improvements to be observed in education and health indicators and, therefore, there is a development of human capital in the members of the families.