scholarly journals Social Safety Net Programmes and its Impact on Livelihood: A Case Study of Bangladesh

2020 ◽  
Vol 18 (1) ◽  
pp. 129-142
Author(s):  
Саифур Рахман
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Vulnerable Groups ◽  
Asset Building ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Working Age ◽  
The Impact

Bangladesh has been implementing social safety net programmes (SSNP) to protect vulnerable groups of people. Old Age Allowance (OAA) and Allowances for the Widows, Deserted & Destitute (AWDD) are two unconditional cash transfer programmes under the SSNP for vulnerable old age people and women, respectively. The impact of these programmes are examined in two upazilas (sub-districts) of the poorest district of Kurigram: Roumari upazila, which is comparatively better off, and Rajibpur upazila, which is the poorest. Natural disasters and remoteness are the reasons for this region’s vulnerability. In-depth interviews were conducted with twenty recipients to understand the implications of the allowance’s’ impact on their livelihoods. The findings reveal that the allowance contributes to necessary food consumption and acts as a coping mechanism during natural shocks. However, asset building and resource diversification are important to ensuring a sustainable livelihood. A small cash transfer is not enough for recipients to save and diversify their income growth. The allowance has minimal or no impact on the mediation of other capital assets like access to natural resources or social capital. Working-age recipients rely heavily on agricultural-based activities, but they do not own the land they farm. SSNP does not offer suitable cultivation practices, such as training that could fortify living capabilities or, sufficient resources to encourage career development. Additionally, a number of the beneficiaries are beyond working age. Aside from various factors like malpractice and usury, cash transfer systems have an adverse impact on OAA / AWDD, which reduces the value of allowances. The allowances from SSNPs provides a minimum support for survival but not enough to generate income and asset building capabilities. Hence, it is hard for beneficiaries to achieve a sustainable livelihood.

scholarly journals The Impact of Social Safety Net Programmes on Poverty Reduction in Bangladesh: An Evidence from Old Age Allowance

2019 ◽  
Vol 27 (1) ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohammad Mamun
Keyword(s):  
Elderly People ◽  
Old Age ◽  
Poverty Reduction ◽  
Qualitative Methodology ◽  
Positive Impact ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Structure Interview ◽  
Rural Poor ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
The Impact

Poverty among the rural poor elderly people is a crucial issue for Bangladesh since most of the people live in a rural area and rural people are more poor and vulnerable compared to the urban population. The Old Age Allowance Program (OAAP), under Social Safety Net Programmes (SSNPs), is one of the initiatives and interventions of government to solve this problem. This study tried to explore the effectiveness of OAAP for reducing poverty among its beneficiaries, rural poor elderly people, through qualitative methodology by applying semi-structure interview and secondary sources. The findings of the present research showed that OAAP has a positive impact on reducing poverty among the rural poor elderly people. Especially OAAP ensures the access of its beneficiaries to improve food and calorie, including increasing their status within their families as well as in society. However, outcomes also suggested ensuring more transparency during the enlisting stage of beneficiaries along with increasing allowance money and coverage, involving local civil society during the primary stage of enlisting beneficiaries,  more publicity program for raising awareness among the targeted people, reducing complexity during withdrawal of allowance etc. Therefore, allocation of this benefit can be distributed based on the area, and the demographic structure of a particular district and Upazila and age can also be reduced for the rural poor women.

Caught in the Net: The Impact of Changes to Canadian Employment Insurance Legislation on Part-time Workers

2003 ◽  
Vol 2 (1) ◽  
pp. 1-11 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norene Pupo ◽  
Ann Duffy
Keyword(s):  
Labour Force ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Employment Insurance ◽  
The Social ◽  
Canadian Context ◽  
Insurance Programme ◽  
Part Time ◽  
Industrialised Countries ◽  
The Impact

Throughout Western highly industrialised countries, there has been a marked shift toward more conservative social policies signalling a dismantling of the welfare state as part of the process of globalisation. This paper examines the aetiology of the (un)employment insurance programme in the Canadian context. Recently, legislators have tightened eligibility rules, lowered earnings replacement rates and altered coverage requirements. While these changes signal a shredding of the social safety net, they differentially impact on certain segments of the population. Despite official pronouncements of fairness, employment insurance changes intensify the subordination women experience in the paid labour force.

scholarly journals The Social Safety Nets and Poverty Alleviation in Pakistan: An Evaluation of Livelihood Enhancement and Protection Programme

2021 ◽  
Vol 3 (1) ◽  
pp. 21-36
Author(s):  
Asif Javed ◽  
Vaqar Ahmed ◽  
Bakhrul Khair Amal
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Skills Training ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Sustainable Livelihood ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Safety Nets ◽  
Poor Households ◽  
The Social ◽  
The Government ◽  
Social Safety Nets

Sustainable Development Goal (SDG) 1 intends to end poverty of all forms and the government of Pakistan is also targeting poverty alleviation through social safety nets. ‘Ehsaas’ is the major social safety nets proramme which include various initiatives that are benefiting millions of households. The study examines the state of poverty in Pakistan and also highlights the spending under each social safety net. Furthermore, the study also evaluates the Livelihood Enhancement and Protection (LEP) programme which is a major initiative for poverty alleviation under Ehsaas programme. Survey in Khyber Pakhtunkhawa and Balochistan provinces were conducted of those beneficiaries who are getting asset and skills training. It was found that asset provision and skills trainings are helpful in increasing the earnings and provide sustainable livelihood opportunities to poor households.

Redistribution in a Cold Climate

2019 ◽  
pp. 147-176
Author(s):  
Peter Sloman
Keyword(s):  
Social Research ◽  
Free Market ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Cash Transfers ◽  
Cold Climate ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Welfare Spending ◽  
Electoral Success ◽  
Working Age ◽  
Post War

Deindustrialization and stagflation transformed the context in which social policy was made during the 1970s and 1980s. One of the foundations of Margaret Thatcher’s electoral success was a public backlash against welfare spending and the tax burden. Nevertheless, the idea of a guaranteed income continued to resonate for three reasons. Firstly, the collapse of the post-war employment model opened up a wide-ranging debate about the future of work, and basic income began to attract support as a way of underpinning the transition to a more flexible labour market. Secondly, developments in economics and social research highlighted the growth of poverty under Thatcherism and focused attention on tax-benefit reform as a possible solution. Thirdly, cash transfers to working-age households grew rapidly between 1979 and 1997: partly as a by-product of deindustrialization, but also because shrewder Tories recognized that an effective social safety net could help smooth the introduction of free-market policies.

Pushing for Policy Innovation

2019 ◽  
pp. 122-147
Author(s):  
Marianne S. Ulriksen
Keyword(s):  
Old Age ◽  
Policy Development ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Domestic Institutions ◽  
Social Safety Net ◽  
Political Interests ◽  
The Government ◽  
Policy Solutions

In the early 2000s, there was low elite commitment to social protection in Tanzania. Yet, in 2012, the government officially launched a countrywide social safety net programme and a year later announced the introduction of an old-age pension. This chapter explores what explains the change in elite commitment to social protection between the early 2000s and 2015. The analysis takes an ideational approach, and it is shown how the promotion of social protection has been driven by international and domestic institutions with the resources, expertise, and authority to present policy solutions fitting the elite’s general ideas about Tanzania’s development challenges and possible responses thereto. Thus, ideas play an important role in policy development but they may also be vulnerable to political interests that can challenge the long-term sustainability of promoted policies.

scholarly journals Efficiency, Legitimacy, and Impacts of Targeting Methods: Evidence from an Experiment in Niger

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Patrick Premand ◽  
Pascale Schnitzer
Keyword(s):  
Program Effectiveness ◽  
Safety Net ◽  
Cash Transfer ◽  
Transfer Program ◽  
Community Based ◽  
Means Testing ◽  
The Subject ◽  
Per Capita ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Roll Out

Abstract The methods to select safety net beneficiaries are the subject of frequent debates. Targeting assessments usually focus on efficiency by documenting the pre-program profile of selected beneficiaries. This study provides a more comprehensive analysis of targeting performance through an experiment embedded in a national cash transfer program in Niger. Eligible villages were randomly assigned to have beneficiary households selected by community-based targeting (CBT), proxy-means testing (PMT), or a formula to identify the food-insecure (FCS). The study considers targeting legitimacy and the impact of targeting choice on program effectiveness based on data collected after program roll-out. PMT is more efficient in identifying households with lower consumption per capita. Nonbeneficiaries find formula-based methods (PMT and FCS) more legitimate than CBT. Manipulation and information imperfections affect CBT, which can explain why it is not the most legitimate. Program impacts on some welfare dimensions are larger among households selected by PMT than CBT.

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