Oportunidades in Mexico has already made some steps towards that by including the Programme Apoyo para Adultos Mayores in the main programme targeting poor households. There are certainly other ways of exploring synergies across the different programmes, such as the use of common means-tests and administrative offices, as is the case in Chile, Mexico and Brazil (Grosh et al, 2008). Overall, special attention should be paid to ensuring equity in the case of unique programmes targeting the poor by, for example, making the level of the benefit paid a function of household characteristics and structure.