Cartão Kikuia — Kikuia Card Programme
Basic Information
Country
Geographic area
Population group
Children, Elderly persons, Persons with disabilities
Programme Details
Programme objectives
To fight poverty while improving beneficiaries’ nutritional status and reinforcing the role of women in fighting against food insecurity.
Start date
2013
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Coverage
50,000 enrolled families in 2014.The government aims to reach 425,000 beneficiaries by 2017.
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Programme expenditure
Targeting and eligiblity
Targeting methods
Geographical Targeting
Targeted areas
Priority is given to areas where the poverty and food insecurity levels are higher, or areas which are considered more prone to climate-related disasters.
Target groups
Children; elderly people; people with disabilities; poor and food-insecure households.
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Eligibility criteria
Households must have at least one of the following:
a female head of household; a high dependency ratio; a member who has a disability or is a war veteran, elderly or chronically ill and a malnourished child and/or at least one orphan.
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Coverage and other information
Type of benefits
The transfer allows the beneficiary to purchase a set of available products in programme stores, which are run by the government (Lojas Kikuia), such as: food, agricultural inputs, construction material, clothing, hygiene and cleaning materials, and school materials.
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Amount of benefits
KZ10,000 (approximately USD100)
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Payment/delivery frequency
Monthly.
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
Benefit recipients
The card is preferably delivered to women who are the heads of households.
World Bank. 2015. International Bank for Reconstruction and Development Program Document for a Proposed Loan in the Amount of USD450 Million and a Policy-Based Guarantee in the Amount of USD200 Million to the Republic of Angola for the First Fiscal Management Development Policy Financing. Washington DC: World Bank. Accessed 9 February 2016. <http://www-wds.worldbank.org/external/default/WDSContentServer/WDSP/IB/2015/06/30/090224b082faa1c9/2_0/Rendered/PDF/Angola000First0cy0Financing0Project.pdf>.
