Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

Swaziland has a number of social transfer programs, but these are not well coordinated and there is a need to better define the overall priorities of the overall safety net. Swaziland spends a significant amount on safety nets but there is room to...

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Main Authors:	Blank, Lorraine, Mistiaen, Emma, Braithwaite, Jeanine
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO ELECTRICITY ACCESS TO SERVICES ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS AGRICULTURAL EMPLOYMENT AGRICULTURAL INPUTS AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT AGRICULTURAL POLICY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY AGRICULTURAL SECTOR AGRICULTURAL SHOCKS ALTERNATIVE LIVELIHOODS BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS CASH ASSISTANCE CASH BENEFITS CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHRONIC POVERTY CONDITIONAL CASH COPING STRATEGY CORRELATES OF POVERTY COST-EFFECTIVENESS CREDIT MARKETS DECLINE IN POVERTY DEVELOPING COUNTRIES DIRECT TRANSFERS DROUGHT EARLY CHILDHOOD ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH EDUCATION GRANT EDUCATION GRANTS ELDERLY PEOPLE ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY RESPONSE EMPLOYMENT PROGRAMS EXTENDED FAMILIES EXTREME POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREME POVERTY EXTREME POVERTY LINE EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS EXTREMELY POOR PEOPLE FAMILY INCOME FAMILY MEMBERS FAMILY SUPPORT FARM PRODUCTIVITY FEE WAIVERS FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL CRISIS FINANCIAL SUPPORT FISCAL CRISIS FOOD AID FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD IMPORTS FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICE FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SECURITY FOOD SUPPLY FORMAL EMPLOYMENT FORMAL SAFETY NETS GEOGRAPHIC REGIONS GRANT PROGRAM GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEIGHT FOR AGE HIV HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION HOUSEHOLD HEAD HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD INCOME HOUSEHOLD POVERTY HOUSEHOLDS WITH CHILDREN HOUSING HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX HUMAN IMMUNODEFICIENCY VIRUS HUMAN RIGHTS IDIOSYNCRATIC RISK IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME DISTRIBUTION INCOME DYNAMICS INCOME INEQUALITY INCOME POVERTY INEQUALITY INPUT SUBSIDIES INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INSURANCE INTERNATIONAL AID LABOR MARKET LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS LACK OF EDUCATION LIFE EXPECTANCY LIVING STANDARDS MALNUTRITION MEANS TEST MINISTRY OF EDUCATION MINISTRY OF HEALTH NUMBER OF CHILDREN NUTRITIONAL STATUS OLD AGE ORPHANS PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR DISTRICTS POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR PEOPLE POOR RURAL HOUSEHOLDS POOR WOMEN POORER PEOPLE POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAP POVERTY MAPPING POVERTY MAPS POVERTY MEASURES POVERTY POVERTY POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY RATE POVERTY RATES POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY STATUS PRIMARY EDUCATION PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ASSISTANCE PUBLIC POLICY PUBLIC SAFETY NET PUBLIC SERVICE PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DIMENSION RURAL PHENOMENON RURAL POOR SAFE WATER SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAFETY NETS SANITATION SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL YEAR SECONDARY EDUCATION SELECTION CRITERIA SHOCK SHORT-TERM EMPLOYMENT SINGLE-PARENT FAMILIES SKILLED WORKERS SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL CARE SOCIAL DEVELOPMENT SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE PROGRAMS SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL TRANSFER SOCIAL TRANSFERS SOCIAL WELFARE SSN SUBSISTENCE SUPPLEMENTARY FEEDING SUSTAINABLE POVERTY REDUCTION TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TRANSACTION COSTS TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TUBERCULOSIS UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABILITY VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT VULNERABILITY OF WOMEN VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE CITIZENS VULNERABLE GROUP VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS WATER SOURCES WEALTH GROUPS WEATHER SHOCKS WIDESPREAD POVERTY WORKFARE WORKS PROGRAM WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
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Swaziland : Using Public Transfers to Reduce Extreme Poverty

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