Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories
The Palestinian Authority (PA)- administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using its sophisticated management information system (MIS),...
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okr-10986-161192021-04-23T14:03:27Z Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories Hillis, Samira Leite, Phillippe McDonald, Laura Frost, Lillian BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BEST PRACTICE CAPACITY-BUILDING CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS COMPLAINTS DATA COLLECTION EXTREME POVERTY EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOOD AID FOOD PRICE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY LEADERSHIP MALNUTRITION POOR POVERTY GAP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS REDUCING POVERTY SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SSN STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELL-BEING The Palestinian Authority (PA)- administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using its sophisticated management information system (MIS), which includes a poverty-targeting database, it provides timely quarterly payments to beneficiary households using a uniform payment modality. The CTP was established, with support from the PA, after a merger between the World Bank-funded Social Safety Net Reform Project (SSNRP) and the European Union (EU)-funded Special Hardship Case (SHC) program in 2010. Since the CTP provided its first payment to households in the Palestinian Territories (PT) that year, the number of beneficiary households has increased by almost 59 percentage reaching almost 100,000 households. 2013-10-10T21:05:34Z 2013-10-10T21:05:34Z 2013-05 http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/18107403/implementing-advanced-cash-transfer-program-palestinian-territories http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16119 English en_US MENA Knowledge and Learning Quick Notes Series;No. 98 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research :: Brief Publications & Research West Bank and Gaza |
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BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BEST PRACTICE CAPACITY-BUILDING CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS COMPLAINTS DATA COLLECTION EXTREME POVERTY EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOOD AID FOOD PRICE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY LEADERSHIP MALNUTRITION POOR POVERTY GAP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS REDUCING POVERTY SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SSN STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELL-BEING |
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BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS BEST PRACTICE CAPACITY-BUILDING CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS COMPLAINTS DATA COLLECTION EXTREME POVERTY EXTREMELY POOR HOUSEHOLDS FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT FOOD AID FOOD PRICE HUMAN DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY LEADERSHIP MALNUTRITION POOR POVERTY GAP PROCUREMENT PROGRAMS REDUCING POVERTY SAFETY NET SOCIAL ASSISTANCE SOCIAL PROTECTION SOCIAL SAFETY NETS SSN STAKEHOLDER WORKSHOPS TARGETING TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE UNEMPLOYMENT VULNERABLE GROUPS VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS WELL-BEING Hillis, Samira Leite, Phillippe McDonald, Laura Frost, Lillian Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories |
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The Palestinian Authority (PA)-
administered Cash Transfer Program (CTP) is considered one
of the most advanced cash assistance programs in the Middle
East and North Africa (MENA) region. Using its sophisticated
management information system (MIS), which includes a
poverty-targeting database, it provides timely quarterly
payments to beneficiary households using a uniform payment
modality. The CTP was established, with support from the PA,
after a merger between the World Bank-funded Social Safety
Net Reform Project (SSNRP) and the European Union
(EU)-funded Special Hardship Case (SHC) program in 2010.
Since the CTP provided its first payment to households in
the Palestinian Territories (PT) that year, the number of
beneficiary households has increased by almost 59 percentage
reaching almost 100,000 households. |
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Publications & Research :: Brief |
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Hillis, Samira Leite, Phillippe McDonald, Laura Frost, Lillian |
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Hillis, Samira Leite, Phillippe McDonald, Laura Frost, Lillian |
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Hillis, Samira |
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Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories |
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Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories |
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Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories |
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Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories |
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Designing an Advanced Cash Transfer Program in the Palestinian Territories |
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designing an advanced cash transfer program in the palestinian territories |
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World Bank, Washington, DC |
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2013 |
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http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/05/18107403/implementing-advanced-cash-transfer-program-palestinian-territories http://hdl.handle.net/10986/16119 |
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