Friday, May 29, 2015
WASHINGTON, May 29, 2015 — The World Bank Group’s Board of Executive Directors approved a US$50 million credit to support the design of a new national social safety net program for Cote d’Ivoire, which aims to deliver targeted cash transfers and...
Friday, May 29, 2015
Promised by President Muhammadu Buhari during the Nigerian election campaign, and promoted by many donors and NGOs, cash transfers are very much in vogue. The apparent success of cash transfer programmes in Latin America has prompted closer attention to...
Thursday, May 28, 2015
In the space of a year and a half, nearly 150,000 households across the area devastated by Typhoon Haiyan have received relief in the form of cash relief and conditional livelihood support. According to the Conditional Cash Working Group, this a record...
Thursday, May 21, 2015
An awkward truth for bleeding hearts like myself is that there has never been much rigorous evidence that outside aid can sustainably lift people out of poverty.
Sure, evidence is overwhelming that aid can overcome disease, boost literacy and save...
Monday, May 4, 2015
The Government of Indonesia (GoI) has broadened the scope of its educational grants through the Smart Indonesia Programme. With wider coverage, GoI is looking to bring poor children who have dropped out of school back into the education system. Sri...
Friday, April 17, 2015
The United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); the Government of Liberia (GOL) and the World Bank (WB), Wednesday commenced a 3-day discussion on the harmonization of the Social Cash Transfer (SCT) programme implementation plan in Monrovia.
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Wednesday, April 1, 2015
On April 1st, the Government of Thailand announced its decision to introduce an unconditional Child Support Grant scheme later in 2015. The cabinet approved THB 600 million (approx.US$ 20 m) for the implementation of the grant. Under the scheme, poor and...
Wednesday, February 25, 2015
The Ministry of Gender, Children and Social Protection is to launch an expanded component of the Livelihood Empowerment against Poverty (LEAP) programme, targeting poor households with pregnant women and women with children under 12 months old.
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Tuesday, February 10, 2015
To promote greater efficiency and effectiveness in programme implementation, all technical ministries that carry out social assistance programmes must use the same integrated data. In order to boost efficiency, the Unified Database (BDT), which is...
Tuesday, February 3, 2015
Over the past decade, social cash transfers have become a vital lifeline for the country's most vulnerable people. As the government promises to increase the number of people benefitting from social protection, elderly people in Kuria West are already...
