| Date: | 2003- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programmes, complementary of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH) successor to the Bono Solidario. These social 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: | Adults over 65 years old and 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: | The Human Development Grant also includes an allowance to mothers of school-age children, which is not included in this Social Pensions base, as it is a Conditional Transfer. For more information on this component, see online [https://dds.cepal.org/bpsnc/programa?id=15]. 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. BDH 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 $90 per user. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Executive Decree No.347-A /2003; Executive Decree No.12 /2007; Executive Decree No.1824 /2006; Executive Decree No. 1838/2009; Executive Decree No. 1395/2013 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Ministry of Economic and Social Inclusion (MIES) |
| Executing organization(s): | Social Protection Programme (PPS) |
| Source of funding: | Governemnt of Ecuador (in previous years there was founding by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)) |
1) Pensión personas con discapacidad (Disability pension)
| Recipient(s): | Pensión para personas con discapacidad: People in a situation of poverty with a disability level of 40% or more (accredited by a CONADIS card) who do not have access to contributory social security coverage and who are not right holders of the Joaquín Gallegos Lara Allowance.Pensión Toda Una Vida: People registered in the Registro Social in a situation of poverty or extreme poverty, with a disability. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal, magnetic/debit card |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | Does not have |
| Conditionalities: | Does not have |
| Sanctions: | Does not have |
| Comments: | … |
| Amount : | US$ 50 monthly; see data Excel format |
2)Pensión adultos mayores (Elderly 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. For the Pensión Mis Mejores Años, they have to be in situation of poverty or 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$ 50 or US$ 100 monthly ; see data Excel format |
5) Bono de protección familiar por la emergencia Covid-19 (Family protection Allowance for the Covid-19 emergency)
| Recipient(s): | |
| 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 |
