| Date: | 1998-2003 |
| Description: | Targeted cash transfer programme. Created as a mechanism of monetary compensation for the elimination of price subsidies for domestic gas, gasoline and electricity. The programme did not use conditionalities nor sanctions. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Mothers with at least 1 child under 18 years old, adults over age 65 and people with disabilities. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Self-selection, enrollment in church districts ("parroquias") |
| Instrument of selection: | Social Programme Beneficiary Identification and Selection System (SELBÉN) |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | |
| Responsible organization(s): | |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Social Development Coordination (Until 2000 by the Ministry of Finance and Public Credit) |
| Source of funding: | Government of Ecuador |
1) Transferencia monetaria (Cash transfer)
| Recipient(s): | People in a situation of poverty with a disability, elderly over 65 years and mothers with children of less than 18 years old |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Withdrawal of cash through the national banking network. |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Mothers, elderly and disable |
| Maximum per household: | One transfer per household |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | Does not have |
| Amount : | from US$ 12 to US$ 7 monthly; see data Excel format |
