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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2005</h1>
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<h1>Gabon</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: US$1.00 equals 493.54 CFA francs.</div>
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<p>Note: This information is from 1997.</p>
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<h2>Old Age, Disability, and Survivors</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1963.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1975 and 1976.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, military personnel, the self-employed, and state contract workers.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 2.5% of gross earnings.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are equal to the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are 1,500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The first 20,000 CFA francs of declared earnings are exempt from contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 5% of gross payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are equal to the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are 1,500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The first 20,000 CFA francs of declared earnings are exempt from contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> Age 55; age 50 if prematurely aged, with 20 years of insurance coverage including 120 months of contributions during the last 20 years. Retirement from paid employment is necessary.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable abroad only if there is a reciprocal agreement.</p>
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<p>Foreign workers who permanently leave the country may have their contributions reimbursed.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> At the normal retirement age, the insured is ineligible for the old-age pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> A loss of 2/3 earning capacity with 5 years of insurance coverage including 30 months of contributions in the 5 years before the onset of disability. The qualifying conditions are waived for currently employed workers who are disabled as the result of a nonoccupational accident.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The deceased had 120 months of contributions, met the contribution conditions for a pension, or was a pensioner at the time of death.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> The deceased was ineligible for an old-age or disability pension.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors are a nonworking or disabled widow or a dependent disabled widower and children younger than age 16 (age 17 if an apprentice, age 20 if a student or disabled).</p>
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<h3>Old-Age Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age pension:</span> The pension is equal to 40% of the insured's average monthly earnings in the last 3 or 5 years (whichever is higher) before retirement, plus 1% of earnings for each <span class="nobr">12-month</span> period of contributions beyond 240 months.</p>
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<p>The minimum pension is 85% of the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum pension is 85% of the insured's average earnings used to calculate the pension.</p>
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<p>Benefits are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by ministerial decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age settlement:</span> A lump sum equal to 50% of the insured's average monthly earnings for each <span class="nobr">6-month</span> period of contributions.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> The pension is equal to 60% of the old-age pension that the insured would have been entitled to if he or she had worked until age 55. The disability pension is replaced by an old-age pension of the same amount at retirement age.</p>
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<p>The minimum pension is 60% of the highest minimum wage.</p>
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<p>If assessed as 100% disabled, the pension is paid monthly; otherwise, pensions are paid quarterly. If assessed as at least 75% disabled, the insured can request a monthly payment.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by ministerial decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The pension is equal to 50% of the deceased's old-age pension.</p>
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<p>If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally among them.</p>
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<p>A widow who has at least one child and is ineligible for the widow's pension receives 35% of the deceased's old-age pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> Each receives 20% of the deceased's pension; 35% for each full orphan.</p>
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<p>The total survivor pension must not exceed 85% of the deceased's pension.</p>
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<p>Pensions are paid quarterly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by ministerial decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> A lump sum equal to 100% of the deceased's monthly old-age pension is paid for each <span class="nobr">6-month</span> period of contributions.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Social Affairs and National Solidarity provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund administers contributions and benefits.</p>
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<h2>Sickness and Maternity</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1952.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current laws:</span> 1975 (maternity) and 1976 (medicines).</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Maternity and medical benefits only.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Employed women.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> Employed persons and their dependents.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, military personnel, the self-employed, and state contract workers.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2% of gross payroll for medicines, 1.5% for hospitalization, and 0.6% for medical examinations. (Cash maternity benefits are financed by employer contributions made under Family Allowances, below.)</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are equal to the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are 1,500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The first 20,000 CFA francs of declared earnings are exempt from contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash sickness benefits:</span> No statutory benefits are provided. (The 1962 labor code requires employers to provide paid sick leave.)</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> Women in insured employment for at least 4 months.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Medical benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period.</p>
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<h3>Sickness and Maternity Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Sickness benefit:</span> No statutory benefits are provided. (The 1962 labor code requires employers to provide paid sick leave.)</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> The benefit is equal to 50% of the insured's last monthly earnings. The benefit is payable for up to 6 weeks before and 8 weeks (10 weeks in the case of multiple childbirths, 11 weeks in the case of complications) after the expected date of childbirth.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include hospitalization, inpatient and outpatient treatment, and medicines.</p>
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<p>Medical services are provided by hospitals and dispensaries operated by the National Social Security Fund and by other participating establishments.</p>
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<p>The 1962 labor code requires employers to provide certain medical services.</p>
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<p>Maternity medical care is free.</p>
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<p>Cost sharing: The insured contributes 1,500 CFA francs for each consultation with a doctor and 15% to 20% of the cost of hospitalization according to the insured's income (insured persons with income less than the legal minimum wage are exempt).</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>No statutory benefits are provided. (Some maternity and child health and welfare services are provided under Family Allowances, below.)</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Social Affairs and National Solidarity provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Work Injury</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1935.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1975.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons, including members of cooperatives, apprentices, and students; certain categories of self-employed persons; and convicted persons working in prison workshops.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, military personnel, the self-employed, and state contract workers.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 3% of gross payroll.</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are equal to the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are 1,500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The first 20,000 CFA francs of declared earnings are exempt from contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Work injury benefits:</span> There is no minimum qualifying period. Accidents that occur while commuting to and from work are covered.</p>
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<h3>Temporary Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p>The benefit is equal to 100% of the insured's daily earnings in the 30 days before the onset of disability. The benefit is payable from the day after the onset of disability until full recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> For a total disability, the pension is equal to 100% of average earnings.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: The pension is equal to average earnings multiplied by 0.5 times the assessed degree of disability for the portion of disability between 10% and 50% and by 1.5 times the assessed degree of disability for the portion above 50%. A lump sum is payable for an assessed degree of disability of 10% or less.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance allowance: Equal to 40% of the pension. If assessed as 100% disabled, the pension is paid monthly; otherwise, pensions are paid quarterly. If assessed as at least 75% disabled, the insured can request a monthly payment.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted by ministerial decree according to changes in the cost of living and the legal minimum wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include medical, dental, and surgical care; hospitalization; medicines; appliances; laboratory services; <span class="nobr">X-rays</span>; rehabilitation; and transportation.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The pension is equal to 50% of the deceased's earnings. The pension is payable to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>.</p>
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<p>A widow who has at least one child and is ineligible for the widow's pension receives 35% of the deceased's pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> Each receives 20% of the deceased's earnings; 35% for each full orphan.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's and grandparent's pension:</span> Each receives 10% of the deceased's earnings.</p>
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<p>The total survivor pension must not exceed 85% of the deceased's earnings.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor settlement:</span> In the absence of survivors eligible for a pension, a lump sum equal to 6 months of the deceased's earnings is payable to the nearest relative.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum covering the cost of the burial is payable, up to a maximum of 8 times the deceased's average monthly earnings.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Social Affairs and National Solidarity provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund administers the program.</p>
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<h2>Family Allowances</h2>
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<h3>Regulatory Framework</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">First law:</span> 1956.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1975.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Employment-related system.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed persons with children and old-age pensioners caring for a child who was born before the pensioner retired.</p>
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<p>Special systems for civil servants, military personnel, the self-employed, and state contract workers.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> None.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Self-employed person:</span> Not applicable.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 8% of gross payroll. (The employer contributions also finance cash maternity benefits under Sickness and Maternity, above.)</p>
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<p>The minimum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are equal to the legal minimum wage.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution and benefit purposes are 1,500,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The first 20,000 CFA francs of declared earnings are exempt from contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None.</p>
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<h3>Qualifying Conditions</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> The child must be younger than age 16 (age 17 if an apprentice, age 20 if a student or disabled). The parent must have had 4 consecutive months of employment and be currently working 20 days a month or be an old-age pensioner or an unmarried widow of a former beneficiary.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">School allowances:</span> Payable to dependent primary, secondary, or technical school students.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> Must undergo prescribed medical examinations.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> Must undergo prescribed medical examinations.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 3,000 CFA francs a month for each child.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">School allowances:</span> 10,000 CFA francs a year to dependent primary, secondary, or technical school students.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> 13,500 CFA francs. The allowance is paid in two installments.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> A lump sum of 8,000 CFA francs for each birth and 45,000 CFA francs for the purchase of clothing and other necessities (layette) for a newborn child.</p>
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<p>Some maternity and child health and welfare services are also provided.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Social Affairs and National Solidarity provides general supervision.</p>
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<p>National Social Security Fund administers the program.</p>
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