Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey

The objective of this note is to assess the extent to which the CT program is benefiting intended poor households and the appropriateness of the benefit level under the current inflation situation for poverty reduction. This assessment is needed no...

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Main Authors:	Etang Ndip, Alvin, Hassan, Fareed, Osman, Eiman
Format:	Report
Language:	English
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2021
Subjects:	CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SAFETY NETS BENEFICIARY TARGETING
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/434131628486508873/Is-the-Sudan-Cash-Transfer-Program-Benefiting-the-Poor-Evidence-from-the-Latest-Household-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36081

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spelling	okr-10986-360812021-08-10T05:10:35Z Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey Etang Ndip, Alvin Hassan, Fareed Osman, Eiman CASH TRANSFERS POVERTY REDUCTION HOUSEHOLD SURVEY SAFETY NETS BENEFICIARY TARGETING The objective of this note is to assess the extent to which the CT program is benefiting intended poor households and the appropriateness of the benefit level under the current inflation situation for poverty reduction. This assessment is needed now more than ever as the impending reforms will require having an appropriate system in place for social safety net delivery for the poor and vulnerable. If CT programs are to reach and aid the poor, then ensuring a correlation between poverty and program beneficiaries must be prioritized. Are current beneficiaries of the Sudan CT program, poor households? If targeting is weak, and the answer to the question is no, then scaling up the existing CT program may not achieve its poverty reduction objective. The note proceeds as follows. Section two presents an overview of Sudan’s CT program, including background details, targeting approach used, the number of beneficiaries and the cash transfer amount. Section three shows the extent to which the CT program is benefiting intended poor households based on evidence from the latest household survey data. Section four evaluates the value of the cash transfer, proposing a correct amount required to lift households out of poverty. Section five concludes this note, and additionally, proposes a number of policy recommendations. 2021-08-09T13:59:12Z 2021-08-09T13:59:12Z 2020-03 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/434131628486508873/Is-the-Sudan-Cash-Transfer-Program-Benefiting-the-Poor-Evidence-from-the-Latest-Household-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36081 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 Poverty Study Africa Africa Eastern and Southern (AFE) Sudan
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description	The objective of this note is to assess the extent to which the CT program is benefiting intended poor households and the appropriateness of the benefit level under the current inflation situation for poverty reduction. This assessment is needed now more than ever as the impending reforms will require having an appropriate system in place for social safety net delivery for the poor and vulnerable. If CT programs are to reach and aid the poor, then ensuring a correlation between poverty and program beneficiaries must be prioritized. Are current beneficiaries of the Sudan CT program, poor households? If targeting is weak, and the answer to the question is no, then scaling up the existing CT program may not achieve its poverty reduction objective. The note proceeds as follows. Section two presents an overview of Sudan’s CT program, including background details, targeting approach used, the number of beneficiaries and the cash transfer amount. Section three shows the extent to which the CT program is benefiting intended poor households based on evidence from the latest household survey data. Section four evaluates the value of the cash transfer, proposing a correct amount required to lift households out of poverty. Section five concludes this note, and additionally, proposes a number of policy recommendations.
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author	Etang Ndip, Alvin Hassan, Fareed Osman, Eiman
author_facet	Etang Ndip, Alvin Hassan, Fareed Osman, Eiman
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title	Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey
title_short	Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey
title_full	Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey
title_fullStr	Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey
title_full_unstemmed	Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey
title_sort	is the sudan cash transfer program benefiting the poor? evidence from the latest household survey
publisher	World Bank, Washington, DC
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url	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/434131628486508873/Is-the-Sudan-Cash-Transfer-Program-Benefiting-the-Poor-Evidence-from-the-Latest-Household-Survey http://hdl.handle.net/10986/36081
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Is the Sudan Cash Transfer Program Benefiting the Poor? Evidence from the Latest Household Survey

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