Targeted Social Protection in Arab Countries Before and During the Covid-19 Crisis

Download or read book Targeted Social Protection in Arab Countries Before and During the Covid-19 Crisis written by Vereinte Nationen Economic and Social Commission for Western Asia and published by . This book was released on 2021 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The present technical paper provides an overview of targeted social protection programmes in selected Arab countries and discusses recent reforms these programmes have been undergoing, focusing on the approaches to identify poor and vulnerable population groups and management information systems utilized to administer these programmes. Additionally, the paper touches upon, how governments in the Arab region used social protection programmes and their respective delivery mechanisms to cushion the socio-economic fallout of Covid-19 prevention measures.