Social Safety Net

Social Safety Net

Non-poor eatup bigger pie of safety allowances

Non-poor eatup bigger pie of safety allowances

Social safety net programmes in Bangladesh can cover only a fraction of the total poor population

5 lakh social safety net accounts opened during Apr-Jun

5 lakh social safety net accounts opened during Apr-Jun

Social safety net programmes are not only for poor: Finance secretary

Social safety net programmes are not only for poor: Finance secretary

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Social safety net budget praiseworthy, but inadequate

Dr Sayema Haque Bidisha

Social safety net must help ‘new poor’

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Social safety net to expand in response to Covid-19

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PM: Ensure aid for people outside social safety net