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Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
Rwanda
Start date 2008 1
Sub-Saharan Africa
Programme objectives To contribute to the country’s goal of reducing extreme poverty. 2
Programme type
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
Target areas
Target groups
Eligibility criteria
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Amount of benefits
Payment/delivery frequency
Cash for work; unconditional cash transfer
Direct support; public works
The VUP also provides financial services and has an educational
component (including financial literacy and livelihood skills). 3
Community-based targeting
(using the UBUDEHE categorisation system) 4
Direct support: poor families without labour capacity.
Public works: poor families with labour capacity. 4
Direct support: Households are eligible
if they are poor and labour-constrained. 4
Public works: Households must be extremely
poor with able-bodied members.
The UBUDEHE categorisation process occurs every three
years and determines the eligibility of households and individuals.
Cash
Direct support: up to RWF21,000
Public works: up to RWF1,500 per work day 4,5
Direct support: monthly
Public works: every two work weeks 1
Benefit delivery mechanism Bank transfer to beneficiaries’ accounts. 1
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage Direct support: 195,501 individuals in 2014/2015.
Public works: 111,923 households in fiscal year 2014/2015.
Programme expenditure USD40.7 million in fiscal year 2015/2016 6
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Local Government (MINALOC); Local Development
Agency (LODA) as MINALOC’s implementing branch
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 189: Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)
There is a management information system (MIS) in place.
The LODA MIS and Social Protection MIS is in development in 2015/2016.
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