Transforming Cash Transfers: Beneficiary and Community Perspectives of the Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme - Part 1: The Case of the Gaza Strip

There is growing evidence of the impact of social protection on reducing poverty and vulnerability. Social protection measures are increasingly being implemented in developing countries as a buffer against severe economic shocks or continued chronic poverty, especially targeting vulnerable groups. Many countries in the Middle East region have a long history of social protection rooted in a safety net approach. But there has been limited recognition of the social inequalities that perpetuate poverty, such as gender inequality, unequal citizenship status and displacement as a result of conflict, and the role social protection can play in tackling these interlinked socio-political vulnerabilities.