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Child’s Allowance
Programme
Country
Geographic area
Previous programme name (if any)
Child’s Allowance
Mauritius
Start date 1960s 1
Programme objectives
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
Sub-Saharan Africa
To ensure the welfare and assistance, empowerment
and integration of the population of people with disabilities,
elderly people and other vulnerable groups. 2
Unconditional cash transfer
Categorical targeting
Nationwide
Children
This allowance is directed at children (younger than 15 years,
or up to age 20 if enrolled in full-time education) of beneficiaries
of a Basic Widow’s Pension or Basic Invalidity Pension (up to 3 children). 3
Cash
Children under 10 years of age: MUR1,400 per month.
Children aged 10 and over: MUR1,500 per month. 3
Payment/delivery frequency Monthly 3
Benefit delivery mechanism
Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum
Payment continues even after remarriage of the widow until the
duration of benefits (if any)
child is 15 years old, or up to age 20 if enrolled in full-time education. 3
Coverage Basic invalid pension cases drawing child allowance: 6,696
Basic Widow Pension cases drawing child allowance: 6,238 (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: Child’s Allowance
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