Strengthening coherence between social protection and productive interventions – The case of Lesotho

Pace, N., Daidone, S., Pozarny P., Bhalla, G.

Strengthening coherence between social protection and productive interventions – The case of Lesotho

Year of publication 2021

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 46 p.

Author Pace, N., Daidone, S., Pozarny P., Bhalla, G.

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-134286-2

Edition 1

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Synopsis (short abstract) Social protection has been recognized as a key strategy to address poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion in Lesotho. As a result, the Government, with support from UNICEF and the European Union, developed the Child Grants Programme (CGP), which provides unconditional cash transfers to poor and vulnerable households registered in the National Information System for Social Assistance (NISSA). The quantitative impact evaluation presented in this report seeks to document the welfare and economic impacts of CGP and SPRINGS on direct beneficiaries and assess whether combining the cash transfers with a package of rural development interventions can create positive synergies at both individual and household level, especially in relation to income generating activities and nutrition. This paper is being published in the context of a partnership between FAO, IFAD and the Universidad de los Andes (UNIANDES) and its Centro de Estudios en Desarrollo Económico (CEDE) based in Bogotá, Colombia.

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Pace, N., Daidone, S., Pozarny P.and Bhalla, G. 2021. Strengthening coherence between social protection and productive interventions – The case of Lesotho. Rome, FAO.

https://doi.org/10.4060/cb3864en

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