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UGANDA Direct Income Support under the Expanding Social Protection Programme (ESP) Programme Direct Income Support under the Expanding Social Protection Programme (ESP) Country Uganda Geographic area Sub-Saharan Africa Previous programme name (if any) Start date 2010 1 Programme objectives To reduce chronic poverty and improve life conditions of Uganda’s poorest population. 2 Programme type Unconditional cash transfer 1 Programme components Direct Income Support is part of the larger Expanding Social Protection Programme (ESP), comprising two grants: Senior Citizens Grants and Vulnerable Family Grants (VFG). The Government has decided to phase out the VFG and to roll out the Senior Citizens Grant to an additional 40 districts starting in 2016. 1 Conditionalities (if any) Targeting methods Geographical and categorical targeting (for Senior Citizens Grants) and proxy means-testing (for VFG). 2 Target areas Currently 15 districts: Apac, Kaberamaido, Katakwi, Kiboga, Kyenjojo, Moroto, Nakapiripirit, Nebbi, Amudat, Kyegegwa, Kyankwanzi, Zombo, Napak, Kole and Yumbe. The government has begun a five-year roll-out of the Senior Citizens Grant to an additional 40 districts starting with 20 districts in 2016 and an additional five districts for the next four years. 3,4 Target groups Elderly people; people with disabilities; children; and households with a high dependency ratio. 1 Eligibility criteria Criteria for eligibility: • 65 years old and above; • 60 years old and above for the Karamoja region; • vulnerable households with a high dependency ratio. 1 Eligibility reassessment (if any) Type of benefits Cash Amount of benefits UGX25,000 (approximately USD8) per month 2 Payment/delivery frequency Bi-monthly Benefit delivery mechanism Benefit recipients Minimum and maximum duration of benefits (if any) Coverage 123,153 beneficiaries (September 2015) 4 Programme expenditure UGX32 billion (2014) The Government of Uganda has committed UGX149 billion (about USDD42 million) to SAGE for the next five years. 1,4 150 | Social Protection in Africa: inventory of non-contributory programmes
Institutions and agencies involved Monitoring and evaluation mechanisms and frequency Ministry of Gender, Labour and Social Development (Uganda); UK Department for International Development (DFID); Irish AID; UNICEF 3 The monitoring system consists of: • periodic field reports (monthly/quarterly); • performance reports; • pay point monitoring reports; • pay point exit surveys; • ‘storytelling’/case studies; • transaction data analysis; and • beneficiary transaction audits. 2 See the references on page 195: Direct Income Support under the Expanding Social Protection Programme (ESP) Social Protection in Africa: inventory of non-contributory programmes | 151
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INTRODUCTION 1 In the last decade,
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School Feeding Programme Programme
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School Feeding Programme Programme
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