Social Safety Net
Social safety schemes must serve the vulnerable
Government must address issues with its effectiveness and distribution
Social safety net to get wider and better
A top official of the ministry said the government would increase the number of beneficiaries in two major schemes – the old age allowance and the allowance for widows, deserted, or destitute women.
High time the government got its priorities right
Low allocations for sectors that ensure people’s well-being, such as health, education, agriculture and social safety protection, is unacceptable
Our social safety net budget is neither equitable nor efficient
How does the social protection budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fare when analysed through the lenses of equity and efficiency?
FY24 budget ignores fiscal policy as a tool for equitable growth
Any effort at halting inequality and reversing the trend has to start from a political commitment, an understanding of the factors at work, and adoption of necessary measures to attain the goals.
Are we overlooking the new poor?
Latest BIDS survey on poverty deserves appropriate policy attention
SAFETY NET FOR ELDERLY AND WIDOWS / Ineligible beneficiaries eat up Tk 1,500 crore annually
The ineligible beneficiaries of the social safety net programme meant for elderlies and widows eat up around Tk 1,500 crore every year because of poor targeting and administrative weakness, according to the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Injured migrant workers deserve much better
Bangladesh authorities must expand services to help injured or ill returnee migrants
The vulnerable need food support
Why cut back on public food distribution programmes when they are needed the most?
Social safety schemes must serve the vulnerable
Government must address issues with its effectiveness and distribution
Social safety net to get wider and better
A top official of the ministry said the government would increase the number of beneficiaries in two major schemes – the old age allowance and the allowance for widows, deserted, or destitute women.
High time the government got its priorities right
Low allocations for sectors that ensure people’s well-being, such as health, education, agriculture and social safety protection, is unacceptable
Our social safety net budget is neither equitable nor efficient
How does the social protection budget for the 2023-24 fiscal year fare when analysed through the lenses of equity and efficiency?
FY24 budget ignores fiscal policy as a tool for equitable growth
Any effort at halting inequality and reversing the trend has to start from a political commitment, an understanding of the factors at work, and adoption of necessary measures to attain the goals.
Are we overlooking the new poor?
Latest BIDS survey on poverty deserves appropriate policy attention
Ineligible beneficiaries eat up Tk 1,500 crore annually
The ineligible beneficiaries of the social safety net programme meant for elderlies and widows eat up around Tk 1,500 crore every year because of poor targeting and administrative weakness, according to the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
Injured migrant workers deserve much better
Bangladesh authorities must expand services to help injured or ill returnee migrants
The vulnerable need food support
Why cut back on public food distribution programmes when they are needed the most?
Food distribution for poor: When more is needed, govt doing less
Scaling up public food distribution programmes for the poor and the vulnerable is the need of the hour -- given the cost of living crisis. But the government seems to be shying away from stepping up to this task.
