This report summarizes the findings of an evaluation of a social safety net initiative, the
Programme of Advancement Through Health and Education (PATH), which was undertaken by
the Government of Jamaica, beginning in 2001. The main objectives of the initiative, which is
operated by the Ministry of Labour and Social Security (MLSS), are to achieve better targeting
of welfare benefits to the poor and to increase human capital by conditioning receipt of the
benefits on participants meeting certain requirements for school attendance and health care visits.