In Brazil, what strategy addressed SDG 10 and improved education and health coverage?

• A. Cash transfers were provided to households only for food security, not education.
• B. Unconditional cash transfers to businesses improved public services.
• C. No financial incentives were used to influence health and education.
• D. Conditional cash transfers for school and health check attendance improved education and health coverage.

Answer: (D)

Conditional cash transfers that require school attendance and health checkups are a strategy that directly ties financial support to human capital development. In Brazil, programs like this incentivized families to send children to school and to participate in regular health checks, which helps raise education enrollment and improve access to basic health services. By linking benefits to these specific behaviors, the policy targets SDG 10 by reducing inequality in education and health outcomes and expanding coverage for disadvantaged groups. The idea is that financial support lowers barriers to education and health care while the conditionalities create motivation to utilize those services, leading to broader gains in learning and health indicators.

The other options miss this direct link: providing cash only for food security doesn’t promote education or health engagement; unconditional transfers to businesses don’t reach households or affect school attendance and health checks; and offering no financial incentives eliminates a proven mechanism to drive behaviors that expand education and health coverage.