It has a contestable component and another non-contestable one, the latter attending the vulnerable population that have been rendered unemployed as a result of a catastrophic disaster, and it pays the equivalent of 70% of the minimum wage. The third phase of PLANE involved two programmes: the Services Employment Programme (Programa de Empleo de Sen/icios - PES) and the Rural Employment Programme (Programa de Empleo Rural - PER). The secondary objectives of the PES included disaster prevention through the repair and construction of new infrastructure that requires large-scale use of labour. According to Landa and Lizarraga (2007, p. 134), PLANE Phase III had a positive impact for men because they received higher incomes and improved their opportunities for entering the labour market owing to the new skills they acquired.