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Reducing Poverty and Investing in People

Effectiveness of Existing Safety Net Programs: An Analysis

Table 4.1 Coverage of Safety Net Programs, Selected Countries and Programs

Program type Benin Cash transfers Emergency feeding School feeding Public works All programs Botswana School feeding Destitution benefits Old-age grants (universal, 65+) Cameroon School feeding All programs Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Program (public works and direct support) Kenya All programs Lesotho Child grants program (orphans) Social pensions (universal, 70+) Liberia All programs Malawi School feeding Food and cash transfers Mali Cash transfers Health insurance fund (elderly) Mauritius Social Aid Program Social pensions (universal, 60+) Sierra Leone Social pension programs (60+) School feeding Public works Refugee program Swaziland Old-Age Grant (universal, 60+) Tanzania Food for work School feeding

Percentage of specific locally eligible group covered by each program

Percentage of total population potentially eligible nationwide covered by each program

Percentage of total poor and vulnerable covered by all safety nets

— 100.0 37.0 90.0 —

0 49.0 2.6–15.1 0.6–3.8 —

— — — — 5.0–6.0

— — —

33.0 <33.0 95.0

— <1.0 85.0

5.3 —

— <1.0

— —

—

10.0a

—

<1.0

0.1–9.0

— —

15.0 53.0

3.9 4.4

—

7.0–10.0b

— —

21.3 0.2

— —

30.0 —

— 5.0 (planned)

— —

8.0 100.0

— —

— — — 100.0

7.0 21.0 3.0 —

— — — —

91.0

—

— —

1.0 7.0

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