Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
TABLE 5.2
Summary of social safety net programs in Bangladesh
Resource
a
Program
Start date
Objective
Coverage
Partnerships
(US$ million)
Infrastructure building
Food-for-Work (Rural
1975
Employment
All over rural Bangla-
Three GOB ministries;
49.84
Development)
generation for the
desh; 30 million
NGOs, WFP
poor
workdays
Test Relief
Early 1980s
Income generation in
Same as above
No partnerships (two
11.86
lean seasons
GOB ministries)
Rural Maintenance
1983
Maintenance of rural
All over rural
One GOB ministry,
16
infrastructure;
Bangladesh
NGO
empowerment
of women
Food for Asset (FFA)
2002
Employment
Pilot project in nine
Three GOB ministries;
1.5 (for FFA,
generation for the
districts
NGOs, WFP
TNC, and
poor; community
CNI)
asset building
Training and capacity building
Vulnerable Group
1975, but
Empowerment of,
All over rural
Three GOB ministries;
24.95
Development (VGD)
changed in
and improved
Bangladesh;
NGOs
mid-1980s
food security
500,000 households
for, poor women
Training and Nutrition
2002
Income generation;
Pilot project in nine
Three GOB ministries;
Centers (TNC)
healthy early
districts
NGOs, WFP
childhood
development
