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Eligibility criteria
Eligibility reassessment
(if any)
Type of benefits
Amount of benefits
Payment/delivery frequency
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipient
Minimum and maximum
duration of benefits
(if any)
Coverage
The 10 per cent Inclusive Scheme targets the 10 per cent poorest
incapacitated and destitute households in the communities under this scheme.
The CGP targets households with at least one child under
the age of five or a child with disabilities under the age of 14.
The MCT scheme targets households satisfying one of the following conditions:
a) households headed by women with at least one orphan;
b) households headed by an elderly person with at least one orphan; or
c) households with at least one member with disabilities.
The Social Pension Scheme targets individuals who are 65 years and older.
The Harmonised Inclusive Model eligibility criteria include:
• residency: the household must have been living in the same
catchment area for at least six months;
• incapacity: the household does not have any fit-to-work members;
or has a high dependency ratio (equal or greater than three); and
• welfare: the household’s estimated welfare must be below a certain pre-determined
threshold based on the Household Living Conditions Index in the country. Welfare
levels are estimated by the Social Cash Transfer Management Information System
(MIS) using information collected from households. The purpose of this criteria is
to ensure that well-off households are not included in the programme. 2
For the districts involved in the 2016 scale-up, the programme changed the
incapacity criterion to cover all households with an elderly member aged 65 years
and above or households with a person with severe disabilities, while residency
and welfare tests remain the same. 1
Retargeting every three years
Cash
Beneficiary households are entitled to ZMW70 per month,
which they receive on a bi-monthly basis as a sum of ZMW140.
Beneficiary households with persons with severe disabilities
receive double the amount (i.e. ZMW280). 1
Bi-monthly
The payments are made manually by appointed Pay-Point Managers at
selected pay points within the community (usually schools or rural health centres). 1
The main recipient is a pre-identified member of the household (preferably female)
who receives the payment on behalf of the household. 1
Households continue to receive transfers until they exit the programme through
retargeting or through dissolution of the household either through death or relocation
to a district that does not qualify for the cash transfer.
Using the harmonised model, the programme is expected to reach 10–15 per cent of
the total Zambian population. By the end of 2015 the programme reached 180,261
households or approximately 900,000 individuals (about 6 per cent of the population). 2
Programme expenditure ZMW305 million or approximately USD30 million (2016),
of which ZMW250 million comes from government funding. 3
Institutions and
Government of Zambia, Ministry of Community Development and Social Welfare;
agencies involved
UNICEF; UK Department for International Development (DFID); Irish Aid;
Government of Finland; Government of Sweden; World Food Programme (WFP);
International Labour Organization (ILO) 2
Monitoring and evaluation Monthly monitoring visits at community and district level.
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 197: Social Cash Transfer Programme
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