Angola

It is only in the past decade that Angola has made progress in social protection, implemented through the Social Protection Act of 2004. The Act sets out a three-pronged approach to social protection, including a "basic" tax-financed component for minimum subsistence and dignity targeted at the most vulnerable segments of the population, a compulsory component targeted at the formal economy, and a voluntary and supplementary component targeted at those able to contribute more to enhance their benefits. In 2016, a social assistance programme named the CartãoKikuia Credit Card Transfer Programme, which had 40,000 households receiving a transfer amount of US$142 per month, came to an end. A child support programme was piloted in 2018, reaching a total of 20,000 children with a benefit amount of US$ 50.