Burkina Faso Social Safety Nets

This report provides an inventory of safety net programs in Burkina Faso and suggests policy measures that could increase their coverage, efficiency, and sustainability. It shows that the scope and coverage of the existing safety nets is too limite...

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Main Authors:	Cherrier, Cecile, del Ninno, Carlo, Razmara, Setareh
Format:	Working Paper
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2014
Subjects:	ACCESS TO JUSTICE ACUTE MALNUTRITION ADMINISTRATIVE REGION ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS AGRARIAN ECONOMY AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTION ANTI-POVERTY ASSISTANCE PROGRAMS ASSISTANCE STRATEGY ATTENDANCE RATES BENEFICIARIES BENEFICIARY BENEFICIARY GROUPS CAPACITY-BUILDING CAPACITY-BUILDING SUPPORT CASH TRANSFER CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS CASH TRANSFERS CHILD BENEFIT CHRONIC POVERTY CHRONICALLY POOR CLEAN DRINKING WATER CONDITIONAL CASH CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS COST-EFFECTIVENESS COVARIATE SHOCKS DROUGHT ECONOMIC CRISIS ECONOMIC GROWTH ELIGIBILITY CRITERIA EMERGENCY ASSISTANCE EMERGENCY RELIEF ESTIMATES OF POVERTY EXTERNAL AID EXTERNAL FINANCING EXTERNAL SHOCKS EXTREME POVERTY FAMILY ALLOWANCES FARMER FARMERS FEE WAIVERS FINANCIAL CRISES FINANCIAL CRISIS FOOD ASSISTANCE FOOD CONSUMPTION FOOD DISTRIBUTION FOOD INSECURITY FOOD PRICES FOOD PRODUCTION FOOD SALES FOOD SECURITY FOOD STAMPS FOOD SUBSIDIES FOOD TRANSFERS FOOD VOUCHERS FOOD-FOR-WORK FREE FOOD FREE HEALTH FREE SERVICES HEALTH CENTERS HEALTH EXPENDITURES HEALTH FINANCING HEALTH INSURANCE HEALTH ORGANIZATION HEALTH SERVICES HEALTH SPENDING HEALTH SYSTEM HOME RATION HOME RATIONS HOUSEHOLD BUDGET HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION HOUSEHOLD HEADS HOUSEHOLD LEVEL HOUSEHOLD SURVEY HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS HUMAN CAPITAL HUMAN CAPITAL DEVELOPMENT HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENT HUMAN CAPITAL INVESTMENTS HUMAN DEVELOPMENT HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INDEX IDIOSYNCRATIC RISKS IMPACT ON POVERTY INCIDENCE OF POVERTY INCOME INCOME REDISTRIBUTION INCOME SHOCKS INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES INEQUALITY INFANT MORTALITY INFORMAL SUPPORT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY INTERNATIONAL AID INTERVENTION DISTRICTS JOB TRAINING LABOR LAWS LEAN SEASON LIVE BIRTHS LIVING CONDITIONS LIVING STANDARDS MACROECONOMIC CRISIS MALNOURISHED CHILDREN MALNUTRITION MATERNAL MORTALITY MEANS TEST NATIONAL POVERTY NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS NUTRITION PROGRAMS NUTRITIONAL STATUS PENSION POLITICAL ECONOMY POOR POOR CHILDREN POOR COUNTRIES POOR HOUSEHOLD POOR HOUSEHOLDS POOR PEOPLE POVERTY ALLEVIATION POVERTY ANALYSIS POVERTY DATA POVERTY ESTIMATES POVERTY GAP POVERTY INCIDENCE POVERTY INDICATORS POVERTY INDICES POVERTY LEVEL POVERTY LINE POVERTY MAPS POVERTY PROFILE POVERTY REDUCTION POVERTY REDUCTION PROGRAMS POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY PAPER PRICE SUBSIDIES PROTECTION POLICIES PROTECTION POLICY PROTECTION SYSTEM PUBLIC ACTION PUBLIC INFRASTRUCTURE PUBLIC RESOURCES PUBLIC SERVICES PUBLIC TRANSFERS PUBLIC WORKS PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS REDISTRIBUTIVE ROLE REGIONAL POVERTY RISK MANAGEMENT RURAL RURAL AREAS RURAL DEVELOPMENT RURAL ECONOMY RURAL INCOME RURAL INCOME GENERATION RURAL POOR RURAL POPULATION RURAL ROADS SAFETY NET INSTRUMENT SAFETY NET MEASURES SAFETY NET PROGRAMS SAFETY NET SYSTEM SAFETY NET SYSTEMS SAVINGS SCHOOL ENROLLMENT SCHOOL FEEDING SCHOOL FEEDING PROGRAMS SCHOOL MEALS SCHOOL MEALS PROGRAMS SCHOOL SUPPLIES SERVICE QUALITY SHOCK SOCIAL ACTION SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL INSURANCE SOCIAL INVESTMENT SOCIAL PENSIONS SOCIAL POLICIES SOCIAL POLICY SOCIAL PROGRAMS SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NET SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL SECURITY SOCIAL SERVICES SOCIAL TRANSFER SOCIAL TRANSFERS SSN STRUCTURAL REFORMS SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT TARGETED SOCIAL SAFETY NETS TARGETING TARGETING MECHANISMS TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE TEMPORARILY POOR TEMPORARY SUPPORT TRANSFER PROGRAM TRANSFER PROGRAMS TRANSFERS IN CASH TRANSIENT POOR UNIVERSAL SUBSIDIES USER FEES VULNERABLE CHILDREN VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS VULNERABLE INDIVIDUALS VULNERABLE PEOPLE VULNERABLE POPULATIONS VULNERABLE WOMEN WAGE RATE WELFARE INDICATORS
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2011/01/19746809/burkina-faso-social-safety-nets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/19008

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Summary:	This report provides an inventory of safety net programs in Burkina Faso and suggests policy measures that could increase their coverage, efficiency, and sustainability. It shows that the scope and coverage of the existing safety nets is too limited. Most interventions are small and temporary. On average, excluding subsidies, annual spending on safety nets constituted only 0.6 percent of GDP while about 20 percent of the population is food-insecure and chronically poor. Food transfers are the main safety net program, accounting for 69 percent of total spending and over 80 percent of all beneficiaries. Most of the financing for safety nets is external. The report recommends developing a safety net system that adequately responds to the needs of the poor.

Burkina Faso Social Safety Nets

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