Burkina Faso Social Safety Nets

Cherrier, Cecile ; del Ninno, Carlo ; Razmara, Setareh

World Bank, Washington, DC

关键词: ACCESS TO JUSTICE;    ACUTE MALNUTRITION;    ADMINISTRATIVE REGION;    ADMINISTRATIVE REGIONS;    AGRARIAN ECONOMY;   

RP-ID  :  88994

学科分类：社会科学、人文和艺术（综合）

来源: World Bank Open Knowledge Repository

【 摘 要 】

This report provides an inventory ofsafety net programs in Burkina Faso and suggests policymeasures that could increase their coverage, efficiency, andsustainability. It shows that the scope and coverage of theexisting safety nets is too limited. Most interventions aresmall and temporary. On average, excluding subsidies, annualspending on safety nets constituted only 0.6 percent of GDPwhile about 20 percent of the population is food-insecureand chronically poor. Food transfers are the main safety netprogram, accounting for 69 percent of total spending andover 80 percent of all beneficiaries. Most of the financingfor safety nets is external. The report recommendsdeveloping a safety net system that adequately responds tothe needs of the poor.