Social Safety Net Transfer Modalities
Despite solid progress in poverty reduction, malnutrition (in particular of children) remains a serious challenge to public health and overall development in Bangladesh. The Social Safety Net Transfer Modalities project assesses which transfer modalities are most effective in reaching the ultra-poor and improving their nutrition status. The action-research project allows for evidence-based advocacy in poverty-nutrition issues and improved of social safety net programmes in Bangladesh and will inform respective policy development.
| Country/region | Topic | Period | Budget |
|---|---|---|---|
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Bangladesh |
Humanitarian Assistance & DRR Other
Emergency food assistance
Sector not specified |
01.11.2012
- 30.06.2014 |
CHF 1'400'000
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- Poor and ultra-poor social safety net beneficiaries in two regions with particularly high food insecurity and nutrition deficiencies.
- Government agencies and development partners involved in social safety net programmes and disaster response
- Report on efficiency and cost-effectiveness of different transfer modalities, including base-line and end-line surveys
- Policy briefs and result dissemination.
- World Food Programme
- International Food Policy Research Institute (Bangladesh)
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Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation EMERGENCY RESPONSE
OTHER MULTISECTOR
OTHER MULTISECTOR
Sub-Sector according to the OECD Developement Assistance Commitiee categorisation Emergency food aid
Multisector aid
Multisector aid
Cross-cutting topics The project takes account of democratisation, good governance and human rights as cross-cutting themes.
Type of support Official development assistance (ODA)
Type of collaboration Bilateral cooperation
Finance type Aid grant
Aid Type Project and programme contribution
Tied/untied aid Untied aid
Project number 7F08552
| Background |
Recent years’ progress in overcoming malnutrition has been slower than reduction of poverty in Bangladesh, leaving the incidence of under-nutrition in children at a high 41%. The rapidly growing government social safety net programmes, which cater to the needs of the poor and ultra-poor, should therefore increase their targeting quality and better address nutrition needs of the poor. |
| Objectives |
The aim of the Social Safety Net Transfer Modalities project is to provide evidence which can be used to streamline the social safety net system in Bangladesh, with the aim to improve the food and nutrition security of the poor and ultra-poor. It is timed to provide an evidence base for the development of the “Social Protection Strategy” that the Government of Bangladesh has started to draft and which should be ready early 2014. |
| Target groups |
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| Medium-term outcomes |
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| Directorate/federal office responsible |
SDC |
| Credit area |
Development cooperation |
| Project partners |
Contract partner United Nations Organization (UNO) |
| Budget | Current phase Swiss budget CHF 1'400'000 Swiss disbursement to date CHF 1'360'054 |
| Project phases |
Phase 1 01.11.2012 - 30.06.2014 (Completed) |