Alternative Social Safety Nets in South Sudan : Costing and Impact on Welfare Indicators -- Poverty Note

Pape, Utz ; Pontara, Nicola

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: SANITATION;    HOUSEHOLD SURVEY;    HOUSEHOLD SIZE;    SAFETY NET PROGRAMS;    PROTECTION SYSTEM;   

RP-ID  :  98808

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

The purpose of this note is to provide the monetary cost of various social safety nettargeting schemes that can be deployed to reduce vulnerability and increase resilience. It isbelieved that gradually switching to the provision of social safety nets can reduce the chronicdependency on humanitarian (mainly food) aid. At the same time, it could help to alleviate relianceon patronage networks and switch a portion of the public spending from unproductive uses (e.g.,military expenditure) toward strengthening the resilience and supporting the livelihoods of SouthSudanese. In addition, a social safety net would address the fatigues of years of weak governanceand ongoing efforts to find more direct, transparent ways to enable citizens to reap the benefits ofindependence and – once it materializes – peace.