ATOR 2018: CHAPTER 11 Designing Social Protection Programs

AUTHOR

Guush Berhane and Kalle Hirvonen

SERIES NAME

ReSAKSS Annual Trends and Outlook Report

YEAR

2018

ABSTRACT

The purpose of this chapter is to give policy makers insights into how to design cost-effective social protection programs. Focusing on social assistance (noncontributory transfers to the poor), we review the literature with respect to three key features of the decision to put such a program in place: targeting, choice of payment modality, and graduation.

PUBLISHER

International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), Washington DC, USA