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 net allocation to rise 5.5%
Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal today proposed increasing the allocation by 5.5 per cent year-on-year for social safety net programmes carried out by the government.
Govt to widen social safety net programme: Kamal
The government will broaden its social safety net programmes in the upcoming national budget to continue support to the country’s marginalised population, Finance Minister AHM Mustafa Kamal said yesterday.
Budget 2022-23: Better targeted social safety net
The government is committed to using the long-overdue National Household Database (NHD) from the next fiscal year to better target the social safety net programmes, in a development that can infuse dynamism in the flat scheme.
Old age allowances grossly inadequate
Shamsul Huda, a beneficiary of the government’s social safety net programmes, lives in a rickety little tin- shack in Noboganga area under Paba upazila of Rajshahi.
Social Safety Net Spending: Big slice goes to non-poor
In circuses, whenever artists perform the tightrope walking stunt, underneath them are wide nets to prevent them from falling to the ground and avoiding potentially life-threatening injuries -- lest they lose their balance on the thin rope and falls over.
