| Date: | 2003 - 2009 |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Conditional cash transfer programme, complementary of the Bono de Desarrollo Humano (BDH) successor to the Bono Solidario. These non-contributory pensions are adressed to older persons (65 years and over) and persons with disabilities ( 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: | Persons aged 65 years old and over and persons 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 Non-contributory Pension Systems database, as it is a conditional cash transfer. For more information on this component see [online] https://dds.cepal.org/bpsnc/programa?id=15. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Executive Decree No.347-A /2003; Executive Decree No.12 /2007; Executive Decree No.1824 /2006 |
| 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 it was funded by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) and the International Bank for Reconstruction and Development (IBRD)) |
1) Pensión para 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. |
| 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 monthly; see data on Excel format |
2) Pensión para adultos mayores (Elderly pension)
| Recipient(s): | Persons aged 65 years old and over without access to 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 |
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 |
