| Date: | (2017 - ) |
| Description: | Non-contributory pensions for older persons (aged 65 years old and over) in situation of poverty or extreme poverty and do not have access to the public social security system. |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Adults over 65 years old and people. |
| 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: | 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. My Best Years Pension Program 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 $90 per user. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) |
| Executing organization(s): | Social Protection Programme (PPS) |
| Source of funding: | Governemnt of Ecuador |
1) Pensión Mis Mejores Años (My Best Years Pension)
| Recipient(s): | Adults over 65 years without social security, who are in poverty and extreme poverty acording to the Registro Social. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal, magnetic/debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | Does not have |
| Comments: | … |
| Amount : | US$ 100 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 |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Conditionalities: | … |
| Sanctions: | … |
| Comments: | The delivery was made for the months of April, May and June 2020. |
| Amount : | USD $60 |
