Transforming Cash Transfers: Beneficiary and community perspectives of the Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme - Part 2: The case of the West Bank

Author(s)
Jones, N. and Shaheen, M.
Publication language
English
Pages
131pp
Date published
01 Dec 2012
Type
Research, reports and studies
Keywords
Cash-based transfers (CBT), Development & humanitarian aid, Livelihoods
Countries
Occupied Palestinian Territory
Organisations
ODI

There is growing evidence of the impact of social protection on reducing poverty and vulnerability, and 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, or displacement as a result of conflict, and of the role social protection can play in tackling these interlinked socio-political vulnerabilities.