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Basic Widow’s Pension
Programme
Basic Widow’s Pension
Country
Mauritius
Geographic area
Sub-Saharan Africa
Previous programme name (if any)
Start date 1950s 1
Programme objectives
To ensure the welfare and assistance, empowerment
and integration of the population of people with disabilities,
elderly people and other vulnerable groups. 2
Programme type
Unconditional cash transfer
Programme components
Conditionalities (if any)
Targeting methods
Categorical targeting
Target areas
Nationwide
Target groups
Widows
Eligibility criteria
Beneficiaries are widows under the age of 60, who have been legally
or religiously married. Non-citizens are eligible if they have been
a resident for at least 5 years in total in the 10 years preceding
the claim (1 of those 5 years must immediately precede the claim). 3
Eligibility reassessment (if any)
Type of benefits
Cash
Amount of benefits MUR5,000 3
Payment/delivery frequency Monthly 3
Benefit delivery mechanism
Women
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum
The pension ends if the widow remarries. 1
duration of benefits (if any)
Coverage 20,155 beneficiaries (2015) 4
Programme expenditure
Institutions and agencies involved Ministry of Social Security, National Solidarity and Reform Institutions 3
Monitoring and evaluation
mechanisms and frequency
See the references on page 181: Basic Widow’s Pension
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