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Designing social protection programs

author(s) Berhane, Guush - Hirvonen, Kalle
from International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)
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  • Africa
  • World
  • Sub-Saharan Africa
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Berhane, Guush; Hirvonen, Kalle, 'Designing social protection programs', In Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The role of social protection, eds. Fleur Stephanie Wouterse and Alemayehu Seyoum Taffesse. Chapter 11, Pp. 154-160, International Food Policy Research Institute, Washington, DC, 2018

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Abstract

The purpose of this chapter is to give policy makers insights into how to design cost-effective social protection programs. Focusing on social assistance (noncontributory transfers to the poor), we review the literature with respect to three key features of the decision to put such a program in place: targeting, choice of payment modality, and graduation.

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