coverage in the poorest quintile was a low three per cent social allowances reached per cent of the population per cent of the poorest quintile and special state allowances benefited per cent of the population per cent of the poorest quintile with the exception of housing allowances social assistance transfers are targeted to the poor per cent of all beneficiaries of social assistance belong to the poorest quintile who receive almost per cent of total transfers the most strictly targeted programme tsa distributes per cent of total transfers to the poorest twenty per cent