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Proposal for the extension, redesign, and repurposing of the special COVID-19 Social Relief of Distress grant for the twin goals of poverty and unemployment reduction

 

Autor institucional : Project Towards Inclusive Economic Development (SA-TIED)
Autor/Autores: Kate Orkin (et al.)
Fecha de publicación: 2023-11-08
Alcance geográfico: Nacional
Publicado en: Indonesia
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Resumen: This study aims to contribute to the body of knowledge on cash grants. We examine the SRD grant and provide recommendations to maximise its impact on poverty reduction. We argue that a more permanent version of the SRD will support the goal of reducing the number of people in poverty. We project the impact of different targeting rules, income eligibility thresholds and grant amounts on the number of beneficiaries, coverage of the poor, incidence of poverty and cost of the grant. The results highlight the need that the budget allocation to the grant be increased. We propose four methods to increase the potential impacts of the grant if more money were to be allocated in future budgets.
   

 

 

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