| Date: | 2009- |
| Web: | Official website of the programme |
| Description: | Food Pension Programme consists of transfer of basic monthly economic income to all people of 65 years old who live in situation of poverty in order to satisfy their basic needs. Also, it considers as recipients to Chaco War veterans, their heirs, and police and military fallen in service |
Characteristics
| Target population: | Adults older than 65 years living in poverty. |
| Geographic scale: | National |
| Targeting method: | 1) Proxy means test. |
| Instrument of selection: | Life Quality Index |
| Registry of recipients: | Household Registry |
| Exit strategies or criteria: | When eligibility conditions are lost or death of a recipient. A time limit does not exist in this programme. |
| Comments: | As part of the measures to face the effects of the Covid-19 pandemic and social isolation, in March 2020, the payment of the pension was anticipated. Since 2012, the programme coverage is extended to indigenous older people, with no need to prove poverty condition due to their structural marginality. |
Institutionality
| Legal framework: | Law n°3728 of 2009; Decree n°4542 of 2010; Law N° 6.381/2020; Decree N° 3.816 of 13th of july of 2020; Law N° 7.232/2024; Decree 1675 of 2024 |
| Responsible organization(s): | Non contributory pensions Directorate of the Ministry of Finance |
| Executing organization(s): | Ministry of Economics and Finance |
| Source of funding: | Government of Paraguay |
1) Food pension
| Recipient(s): | All participants of the programme. |
| Mode of transfer: | Flat transfer |
| Mode of delivery: | Cash withdrawal |
| Periodicity of delivery: | Monthly |
| Recipient of the transfer: | Direct participant |
| Maximum per household: | … |
| Conditionalities: | … |
| Sanctions: | … |
| Comments: | … |
Another brick on the Wall: On the Effects of Non-Contributory Pensions on Material and Subjective Well Being
| Author: | Bando R., Galiani S. and Gertler P. |
| Date: | 2021 |
| Publication info: | National Bureau of Economic Research, Working Paper 28318 |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
Impacto redistributivo de la pensión alimentaria para adultos mayores en situación de pobreza (Paraguay)
| Author: | Bruno, S. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | MERCOSUR journal of social policy - ISSN 2523-0891, Vol 2, pp. 265-286. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Impact evaluation |
El efecto de las ayudas sociales en la población de adultos mayores sobre las tasas de pobreza
| Author: | Rodriguez, L., and Benítez, G. |
| Date: | 2018 |
| Publication info: | Working paper from CADEP, CONACYT and PROCIENCIA |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | Descriptive and comparative analysis |
Incidencia de la Pensión Alimentaria a Adultos Mayores en Paraguay. El acceso al sistema de protección social
| Author: | Rojas Viñales, A. |
| Date: | 2014 |
| Publication info: | Revista latinoamericana de investigación crítica, No. 1. |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
La Política de Pensión Alimentaria para Adultos Mayores en el Paraguay. Resultados y desafíos
| Author: | Ministry of Finance |
| Date: | 2013 |
| Publication info: | Ministerio de Hacienda, Unidad de economía social |
| Link: | See Webpage |
| Topic: | General information |
