The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso

Vandeninden, Frieda ; Grun, Rebekka ; Semlali, Amina

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: SOCIAL SAFETY NETS;    SOCIAL PROTECTION;    POVERTY;    VULNERABILITY;    SOCIAL SPENDING;   

RP-ID  :  141188

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 government of Burkina Faso has astrong interest in strengthening its social safety netsprovision to better support the country’s poorest and mostvulnerable households. It has demonstrated this commitmentthrough past investments in social protection. Against abackdrop of limited public finances and budgetaryconstraints, it is critical to ensure that the resourcesallocated for social protection, and for social safety nets,are cost-effective. This report responds to a request by theBurkinabe Ministry of Finance to: enhance knowledge aboutthe current state of social safety nets and assess theireffectiveness in meeting the needs of the poor; and inform adebate on feasible reform and policy options to make socialsafety nets in Burkina Faso more effective and of greaterimpact and able to contribute to a consolidation of expenditure.