Poverty, risk based relief support more effective
Speakers tell at CPD-Oxfam dialogue
Staff Correspondent
31st January, 2021 11:00:18
Multidimensional measures need to be considered taking into account local level poverty rate, population, unemployment rate, and others to increase the effectiveness of the relief programme against COVID-19, economic analysts said on Sunday.
They shared the observations at the virtual dialogue titled, Relief Supports and Agricultural Incentives in Response to COVID-19 and ‘Amphan’: The Effectiveness of Public Service Delivery’ jointly organised by the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD), the Oxfam in Bangladesh and European Union (EU).
The speakers said that raising public awareness about technology-based initiatives related to relief services is critically important.
Cent percent people in flood affected districts get cash support: CPD
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DHAKA, Dec 13, 2020 (BSS) – Around 80.6 percent people of the flood affected districts in this year got GR rice as food assistance while cent percent people of those flood affected districts received cash support, said a research of the Centre for Policy Dialogue (CPD).
The research findings were revealed at a virtual dialogue titled “Relief Programme to face COVID-19, Flood and Agriculture Stimulus: Effectiveness of Government Services” held today organized jointly by the CPD, Oxfam in Bangladesh and European Union (EU).
During the virtual dialogue, an initial evaluation report was highlighted featuring the relief programme to face COVID-19, Flood in the haor region including in Netrakona and the effectives of government services towards distributing agriculture stimulus.