This blog was originally published by BRAC Only socially accountable Social Protection Assistance beyond humanitarian cash/voucher programmes – if properly and quickly implemented - will protect generations of children from the aftershocks of COVID-19...
This blog post was originally published by BRAC UPGI’s website. Please check it here . By Jasveen Bindra, Technical Officer for BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative The Bab Amal Program, modelled on the Graduation approach, aims to reduce poverty in...
Combining social assistance and health works! In Ghana, LEAP provides bimonthly cash payments combined with a premium waiver for enrolment in the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). The program is targeted to extremely poor households with orphans...
Bossuroy et al present experimental evidence comparing three “cash plus” variants in Niger : while all models include a core of monthly cash village transfers, savings, coaching and entrepreneurship training, the first variant (“capital”) adds a lump-sum...
The ‘ SPEC Webinar 7 - Seeking Economic Inclusion for Refugees: A Case Study of the Graduation Approach in Ecuador ’ took place on 5 June 2018 and discussed the synergies between social protection and sustainable employment programmes, focusing on the...