Evaluation of Initiatives and Intersectorial Programs in Health: Challenges and Learning /Avaliacao de Iniciativas E Programas Intersetoriais Em Saude: Desafios E Aprendizados (Report‪)‬

Introduction As of the 1990s, the evaluation of the low effectiveness of social policies and the criticisms to the paternalist profile--residual in poverty fighting actions in Latin America--has gained repercussion through important international promotion agencies, among them the World Bank (1). In Brazil, the policies and programs aim at the protection of poor families against changes in their income and consumption by means of cash transferences, and also aim at guaranteeing investments for the improvement of their quality of living. In this course of action, the gains in school attendance and greater access to comprehensive health care, besides the opportunities to generate income and work, become crucial to the creation of benchmarks and recommendations to overcome the cycle of poverty transmission throughout generations.