| Date: | 2009-2022 |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programmes, formerly part of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH) successor to the Bono Solidario. These non contributory pensions are adressed to older people (over 65 years) and people with disability ( with 40% or more disability credited by the nacional health authorithy, who suffer of poverty or extreme poverty and do not have access to the public social security system. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | People with disabilities. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | Proxy means test: Households in levels 1 y 2 of the Social Registy. |
| Instrument of selection: | Social Registry (Ex-SELBÉN) |
| Registry of recipients: | Social Registry (Ex-SELBÉN) |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | Loss of eligibility |
| Comments: | "From 2018, the program is gradually phased out, transfering the receptors to the Pension for Whole Life program. As part of the measures to face the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and social isolation, the Family Protection Bonus was delivered for an amount of USD $60 in April, May and June 2020. Pension for Persons with Disability users in a situation of underemployment and with incomes of less than USD $400 per month had the right to receive this measure. There was also a temporary increase in the transfer to recipients of Social Protection Grants, including the BDH. The amount was paid in 6 payments of USD $15, every two months, from December 2020 to October 2021, for a total of USD $90 per user." |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Executive Decree No. 1838/2009; Executive Decree No. 1395/2013 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) |
| Executing organization(s): | Social Protection Programme (PPS) |
| Source of funding: | Governemnt of Ecuador (in previous years there was founding by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)) |
1) Pensión personas con discapacidad (Disability pension)
| Recipient(s): | "People in a situation of poverty with a disability level of 40% or more (accredited by a CONADIS card) who do not have access to contributory social security coverage and who are not right holders of the Joaquín Gallegos Lara Allowance. " |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal, magnetic/debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | Does not have |
| Amount : | US$ 35 or US$ 50 monthly ; see data Excel format |
2) Bono de protección familiar por la emergencia Covid-19 (Family protection Allowance for the Covid-19 emergency)
| Recipient(s): | Families in a situation of underemployment and with an income lower than USD $ 400 per month. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Comments: | The delivery was made for the months of April, May and June 2020. |
| Amount : | USD $60 |
