Red Solidaria provides regular cash grants for families, normally given to the mother, conditioned on family members’ participation in preventive maternal and child health and nutrition services and it required regular health and nutrition training workshops that were provided to women (Adato, Roopnaraine, and Elisabeth Becker, 2011, 1922). In the case of El Salvador, the following externality is crucial in order to apply conditional cash programs in the country. It is centered around the prior knowledge, or lack thereof, that the population has in regarding health and nutrition. Due to their cultural beliefs and education it causes the people to not fully understand nor appreciate the benefits of the cash transfers in place therefore greatly
