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<h1>Social Security Programs Throughout the World: Africa, 2007</h1>
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<h1>Côte d'Ivoire</h1>
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<div class="exchangeRate">Exchange rate: US$1.00 equals 498.16 CFA francs.</div>
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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> 1960.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1999 (social insurance), with 2000 amendment.</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 in the private sector.</p>
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<p>Special system for civil servants.</p>
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<h3>Source of Funds</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Insured person:</span> 3.2% of covered earnings.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution purposes are equal to 45 times the legal monthly minimum wage. The legal monthly minimum wage is 36,607 CFA francs.</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> 4.8% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution purposes are equal to 45 times the legal monthly minimum wage. The legal monthly minimum wage is 36,607 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid monthly by employers with 20 or more employees or quarterly by employers with 1 to 19 employees.</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 with at least 15 years of contributions. Retirement from covered employment is necessary.</p>
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<p>Early pension: A reduced pension is paid from age 50.</p>
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<p>If the insured has insufficient years of contributions to qualify for the pension at retirement age, he or she can buy up to 24 months' contributions in order to meet the contribution conditions and can also continue working until age 60.</p>
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<p>The pension is payable abroad.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age allowance:</span> Paid if the insured does not qualify for the old-age pension at age 55 but has at least 2 years of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Foreign worker settlement:</span> In the absence of a reciprocal agreement, paid to an insured foreign worker with less than 2 years of contributions who leaves Côte d'Ivoire permanently.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Disability pension:</span> Paid if the insured is assessed as permanently incapable of any work and has at least 15 years of contributions.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The insured was a pensioner or met the qualifying conditions for a pension at the time of death.</p>
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<p>Eligible survivors are a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> who was married to the deceased for at least 2 years and full orphans younger than age 16.</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 1.33% of the insured's average earnings in the 10 best years times the number of years of paid and credited coverage before January 1, 2000, plus 1.70% of average earnings for each year of coverage after this date.</p>
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<p>The minimum pension is equal to 50% of the legal monthly minimum wage. The legal monthly minimum wage is 36,607 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>The maximum pension is equal to 50% of the insured's average earnings in the 10 best years.</p>
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<p>Early pension: The pension is reduced by 5% for each year that the pension is taken before age 55. The minimum early pension is equal to 50% of the legal monthly minimum wage.</p>
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<p>Child's supplement: 10% of the insured's pension is paid for each child younger than age 16, up to a maximum of 30%.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the average wage, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Old-age allowance:</span> A lump sum is paid based on average earnings and the number of years of coverage.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Foreign worker settlement:</span> A lump sum is paid equal to 3.2% of the covered earnings during the entire coverage period.</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 1.33% of the insured's average earnings in the 10 best years times the number of years of paid and credited coverage before January 1, 2000, plus 1.70% of average earnings for each year of coverage after this date.</p>
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<p>Child's supplement: 10% of the insured's pension is paid for each child younger than age 16, up to a maximum of 30%.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the cost of living, 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> 50% of the deceased's pension is paid to a <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span>. If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally among them.</p>
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<p>The pension ceases on remarriage.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Full orphan's pension:</span> Each eligible orphan receives 20% of the deceased's pension.</p>
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<p>All full orphans' benefits combined must not exceed 100% of the deceased's pension; otherwise, the pensions are reduced proportionately. Full orphans are eligible for the pension entitlements of both parents.</p>
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<p>The pension is paid monthly.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted according to changes in the cost of living, depending on the financial resources of the system.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Solidarity, Social Security, and the Disabled provides administrative and technical supervision.</p>
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<p>Ministry of Economy and Finance provides financial supervision.</p>
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<p>Managed by a tripartite board, the combined Social Insurance Institute and National Social Insurance Fund (http://www.cnps.ci) administers the program.</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> 1965.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1999 (social insurance), with 2000 amendment.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Type of program:</span> Social insurance system. Cash maternity and medical benefits only.</p>
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<h3>Coverage</h3>
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<p>Employed women, including temporary, fixed-term, or daily public-sector workers.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage is possible.</p>
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<p>Special system for civil servants.</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> Voluntary contributions only.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 0.75% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution purposes are 70,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid monthly by employers with 20 or more employees or quarterly by employers with 1 to 19 employees.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Government:</span> None; contributes as an employer for public-sector employed women who are not civil servants.</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.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Cash maternity benefits:</span> The insured must have at least 3 months of insured employment.</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.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity benefit:</span> The monthly benefit is equal to 100% of the insured's last earnings and is paid for 6 weeks before and 8 weeks after (11 weeks in the event of complications arising from pregnancy or childbirth) the expected date of childbirth.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Medical care is provided by community health centers of the National Social Insurance Fund.</p>
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<p>Employers must provide medical services for their workers.</p>
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<p>Salaried pregnant women have access to free medical care provided through public hospitals or can receive 5,000 CFA francs toward the cost of childbirth in a private clinic or other establishment. From the third month of pregnancy, the cost of medical care and medicines are reimbursed.</p>
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<h3>Dependents' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Health care is provided to the insured's dependents at community health centers managed by the National Social Insurance Fund.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Solidarity, Social Security, and the Disabled provides administrative and technical supervision.</p>
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<p>Ministry of Economy and Finance provides financial supervision.</p>
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<p>Managed by a tripartite board, the combined Social Insurance Institute and National Social Insurance Fund (http://www.cnps.ci) 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> 1957.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1999 (social insurance), with 2000 amendment.</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, seamen, members of cooperatives, nonsalaried managers of cooperatives and their assistants, chairmen and managing directors of certain companies, apprentices, technical college students, and convicted persons working in prison workshops.</p>
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<p>Voluntary coverage for self-employed persons for all work injury benefits except for the temporary disability benefit.</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> Voluntary contributions, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Employer:</span> 2% to 5% of covered payroll, according to the assessed degree of risk.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution purposes are 70,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid monthly by employers with 20 or more employees or quarterly by employers with 1 to 19 employees.</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 50% of the insured's earnings when the disability began for the first 28 days; thereafter, 2/3 of earnings. The benefit is paid from the day after the accident or diagnosis of an occupational disease until full recovery or certification of permanent disability.</p>
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<p>The benefit is paid weekly or monthly.</p>
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<h3>Permanent Disability Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Permanent disability pension:</span> If the insured is assessed as totally disabled, the pension is equal to 100% of the insured's annual earnings.</p>
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<p>Partial disability: A percentage of the full disability pension is paid according to the assessed degree of disability.</p>
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<p>If the assessed degree of disability is at least 10%, the minimum annual earnings for benefit calculation purposes are 950,553 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Constant-attendance allowance: Equal to 40% of the insured's annual earnings used for benefit calculation purposes.</p>
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<p>Pensions are paid monthly if the assessed degree of disability is 75% or more; quarterly or annually if the assessed degree of disability is less than 10%.</p>
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<p>The pension may be partially paid as a lump sum after receiving the pension for 5 years if the assessed degree of disability is more than 10%; the total remaining pension may be paid as a lump sum after receiving the pension for 5 years if the assessed degree of disability is 10% or less.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the average covered wage.</p>
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<h3>Workers' Medical Benefits</h3>
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<p>Benefits include medical and surgical care; the cost of hospitalization, medicines, appliances, funeral transportation, and rehabilitation; and all other necessary costs.</p>
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<h3>Survivor Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Survivor pension:</span> The annual pension is equal to 30% of the deceased's annual earnings. The <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> must have been married to the deceased before the deceased's disability began. If there is more than one widow, the pension is split equally among them.</p>
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<p>If the <span class="nobr">widow(er)</span> does not have an eligible dependent child, the survivor pension ceases on remarriage and a lump sum is paid.</p>
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<p>Remarriage allowance: A lump sum is paid equal to 3 years' pension.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Orphan's pension:</span> The annual pension is equal to 15% of the deceased's annual earnings for each of the first two orphans younger than age 16; 10% for each other eligible orphan; 20% for each full orphan.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Dependent parent's and grandparent's pension:</span> Parents and grandparents each receive 10% of the deceased's earnings.</p>
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<p>All survivor benefits combined must not exceed 85% of the deceased's earnings; otherwise, the pensions are reduced proportionately.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Funeral grant:</span> A lump sum is paid equal to 25% of the legal annual minimum wage.</p>
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<p>Benefit adjustment: Benefits are adjusted annually according to changes in the average covered wage.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Solidarity, Social Security, and the Disabled provides administrative and technical supervision.</p>
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<p>Ministry of Economy and Finance provides financial supervision.</p>
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<p>Managed by a tripartite board, the combined Social Insurance Institute and National Social Insurance Fund (http://www.cnps.ci) 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> 1955.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Current law:</span> 1999 (social insurance), with 2000 amendment.</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 in the private sector with one or more children.</p>
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<p>Special system for civil servants.</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> 5% of covered payroll.</p>
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<p>The maximum monthly earnings for contribution purposes are 70,000 CFA francs.</p>
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<p>Contributions are paid monthly by employers with 20 or more employees or quarterly by employers with 1 to 19 employees.</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> Paid for a child older than 12 months and younger than age 14 (age 18 if an apprentice, age 21 if a student or disabled). The parent must have 3 consecutive months of employment and be currently working 18 days or 120 hours a month; the widow of an insured person.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> The insured must undergo three prescribed medical examinations during the pregnancy.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> Paid for children born in the insured's first marriage. If the insured's first spouse dies, a child born in the insured's second marriage may be eligible. The grant is paid for three births only. The mother and child must undergo prescribed medical examinations.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity allowance:</span> The child must undergo six prescribed medical examinations before age 1.</p>
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<h3>Family Allowance Benefits</h3>
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<p><span class="h4">Family allowances:</span> 1,500 CFA francs a month is paid for each child. The allowance is paid quarterly.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Prenatal allowance:</span> 13,500 CFA francs is paid in three installments: 3,000 CFA francs, 6,000 CFA francs, and 4,500 CFA francs.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Birth grant:</span> A lump sum of 18,000 CFA francs is paid on the birth of each of the first three children.</p>
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<p><span class="h4">Maternity allowance:</span> 18,000 CFA francs is paid in three installments: 9,000 CFA francs at birth, 4,500 CFA francs when the child is 6 months old, and 4,500 CFA francs when the child is 12 months old.</p>
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<h3>Administrative Organization</h3>
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<p>Ministry of Solidarity, Social Security, and the Disabled provides administrative and technical supervision.</p>
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<p>Ministry of Economy and Finance provides financial supervision.</p>
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<p>Managed by a tripartite board, the combined Social Insurance Institute and National Social Insurance Fund (http://www.cnps.ci) administers the program.</p>
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