| Date: | 2009-2022 |
| Description: | Non-contributory pensions aimed at elderly people who are in a situation of poverty or extreme poverty and who do not receive benefits from a public pension system. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Adults over 65 years old . |
| 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 My Best Years Pension 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 Old-age 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 $90 per user. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Executive Decree No. 1838/2009; Executive Decree No. 1395/2013 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) |
| Executing organization(s): | Social Protection Programme (PPS) |
| Source of funding: | Governemnt of Ecuador |
1) Pensión para adultos mayores (Old-age pension)
| Recipient(s): | Adults over 65 years without social security, who are in poverty and extreme poverty. In case of the Pensión para adultos mayores they should have less than 34.67 points in the Registro Social at 2014. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal, magnetic/debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | Does not have |
| Comments: | … |
| Amount : | US$ 35 or US$ 50 monthly ; see data Excel format |
