Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali

As countries implement social safety nets programs, a range of technical hurdles affects their implementation differently in rural and urban areas. In urban areas, the focus of this study, living in is expensive and more vulnerable at economy slowd...

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Main Authors: Moreira, Vanessa, Gentilini, Ugo
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Language:English
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Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2016
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spelling okr-10986-257512021-06-14T10:14:25Z Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali Moreira, Vanessa Gentilini, Ugo social pension cash transfers safety nets identification social workers M&E monitoring and evaluation As countries implement social safety nets programs, a range of technical hurdles affects their implementation differently in rural and urban areas. In urban areas, the focus of this study, living in is expensive and more vulnerable at economy slowdowns. Poverty can be more severe than in rural areas and accompanied by high malnutrition rates. Challenges faced by poor populations in most urban areas related to the lack of proper identification,outreach, intake and registration of potential beneficiaries in part due to the lack of social cohesion and the existence of multiple channels of communication, challenging the delivery of any messages quickly and efficiently. Therefore social workers have a fundamental part during program implementation and Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process. 2016-12-14T23:28:21Z 2016-12-14T23:28:21Z 2016-12 Working Paper http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986381481180082237/Urban-safety-nets-experiences-from-three-countries-Benin-Republic-Of-Congo-And-Mali http://hdl.handle.net/10986/25751 English en_US Social Protection and Labor Discussion Paper;No. 1614 CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Publications & Research Publications & Research :: Working Paper Africa Benin Congo, Republic of Mali
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topic social pension
cash transfers
safety nets
identification
social workers
M&E
monitoring and evaluation
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cash transfers
safety nets
identification
social workers
M&E
monitoring and evaluation
Moreira, Vanessa
Gentilini, Ugo
Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali
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description As countries implement social safety nets programs, a range of technical hurdles affects their implementation differently in rural and urban areas. In urban areas, the focus of this study, living in is expensive and more vulnerable at economy slowdowns. Poverty can be more severe than in rural areas and accompanied by high malnutrition rates. Challenges faced by poor populations in most urban areas related to the lack of proper identification,outreach, intake and registration of potential beneficiaries in part due to the lack of social cohesion and the existence of multiple channels of communication, challenging the delivery of any messages quickly and efficiently. Therefore social workers have a fundamental part during program implementation and Monitoring and evaluation (M&E) process.
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author Moreira, Vanessa
Gentilini, Ugo
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Gentilini, Ugo
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title Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali
title_short Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali
title_full Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali
title_fullStr Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali
title_full_unstemmed Urban Safety Nets – Experiences from Three Countries : Benin, Republic of Congo, and Mali
title_sort urban safety nets – experiences from three countries : benin, republic of congo, and mali
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2016
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/986381481180082237/Urban-safety-nets-experiences-from-three-countries-Benin-Republic-Of-Congo-And-Mali
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