WB recognises Ehsaas Emergency Cash among top social protection globally
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May 16, 2021
Islamabad: The World Bank has just released a report on “global social protection responses to COVID-19”. This report is called the “living paper” and it is a partnership effort involving 18 coauthors and a large number of contributors; the paper presents a 650-page volume and accompanying database documenting how countries and territories are planning, implementing or completing social protection measures in the context of the pandemic.
The report states that there has been “an exponential growth in social protection measures between March 20, 2020 and May 14, 2021 and that a total of 3,333 social protection measures have been planned or implemented in 222 countries or territories”.
The World Bank has recently released the report on global social protection responses to Covid-19. Dawn/File
ISLAMABAD: The World Bank in a report released on Saturday recognised Ehsaas Emergency Cash among top four social protection interventions globally in terms of number of people covered.
The World Bank has recently released the report on global social protection responses to Covid-19.
The report is a partnership effort involving 18 co-authors. It presents a 650-page volume and accompanying database documenting how countries and territories are planning, implementing or completing social protection measures in the context of the pandemic.
The report states that there has been an exponential growth in social protection measures between March 20 last year and May 14 this year and that 3,333 social protection measures have been planned or implemented in 222 countries or territories.
PM Imran Khan congratulates Sania Nishtar, Ehsaas team after World Bank acknowledgement
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SAPM on Poverty Alleviation Sania Nishtar (L) and PM Imran Khan (R). Photo: File
Congratulations to Sania and the Ehsaas team for achieving milestone and well-deserved international recognition : PM Imran Khan.
World Bank report features Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme in list of top four global social protection interventions.
WB report says Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme ranks fourth globally in terms of the number of people covered and 3rd globally in terms of percentage of population covered amongst those that covered over 100 million people.
Prime Minister Imran Khan on Sunday congratulated his special assistant Dr Sania Nishtar and the Ehsaas team after their efforts were acknowledged in a World Bank report.
World Bank lists Ehsaas Cash Programme among top global social protection measures
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Sunday May 16, 2021
Hundreds of women line up outside a centre to receive their Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme stipends. Photo Sania Nishtar Twitter
As per World Bank data, Pakistan s Ehsaas programme ranks high in the planned versus actual coverage rates social programmes list as well.
The govt had said it provided cash stipends of Rs 12,000 to 15 million households last year.
World Bank report credits Pakistan for coming up with an innovative hybrid targeting approach to enroll new beneficiaries.
In a recent report on social protection measures taken by several countries during the pandemic, the World Bank has recognised the efforts of the Pakistan government in uplifting the poor by featuring the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme in its list of top four global social protection interventions.