The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso

The government of Burkina Faso has a strong interest in strengthening its social safety nets provision to better support the country’s poorest and most vulnerable households. It has demonstrated this commitment through past investments in social pr...

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Main Authors: Vandeninden, Frieda, Grun, Rebekka, Semlali, Amina
Format: Report
Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/822521567052802222/Main-Report
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spelling okr-10986-323292021-05-25T09:27:30Z The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso Vandeninden, Frieda Grun, Rebekka Semlali, Amina SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SOCIAL PROTECTION POVERTY VULNERABILITY SOCIAL SPENDING TARGETING The government of Burkina Faso has a strong interest in strengthening its social safety nets provision to better support the country’s poorest and most vulnerable households. It has demonstrated this commitment through past investments in social protection. Against a backdrop of limited public finances and budgetary constraints, it is critical to ensure that the resources allocated for social protection, and for social safety nets, are cost-effective. This report responds to a request by the Burkinabe Ministry of Finance to: enhance knowledge about the current state of social safety nets and assess their effectiveness in meeting the needs of the poor; and inform a debate on feasible reform and policy options to make social safety nets in Burkina Faso more effective and of greater impact and able to contribute to a consolidation of expenditure. 2019-08-29T16:42:35Z 2019-08-29T16:42:35Z 2019 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/822521567052802222/Main-Report http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32329 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work Economic & Sector Work :: Other Social Protection Study Africa Burkina Faso
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topic SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
SOCIAL SPENDING
TARGETING
spellingShingle SOCIAL SAFETY NETS
SOCIAL PROTECTION
POVERTY
VULNERABILITY
SOCIAL SPENDING
TARGETING
Vandeninden, Frieda
Grun, Rebekka
Semlali, Amina
The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso
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Burkina Faso
description The government of Burkina Faso has a strong interest in strengthening its social safety nets provision to better support the country’s poorest and most vulnerable households. It has demonstrated this commitment through past investments in social protection. Against a backdrop of limited public finances and budgetary constraints, it is critical to ensure that the resources allocated for social protection, and for social safety nets, are cost-effective. This report responds to a request by the Burkinabe Ministry of Finance to: enhance knowledge about the current state of social safety nets and assess their effectiveness in meeting the needs of the poor; and inform a debate on feasible reform and policy options to make social safety nets in Burkina Faso more effective and of greater impact and able to contribute to a consolidation of expenditure.
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author Vandeninden, Frieda
Grun, Rebekka
Semlali, Amina
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Grun, Rebekka
Semlali, Amina
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title The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso
title_short The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso
title_full The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso
title_fullStr The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso
title_full_unstemmed The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso
title_sort way forward for social safety nets in burkina faso
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publishDate 2019
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