Zambia : Using Social Safety Nets to Accelerate Poverty Reduction and Share Prosperity

Despite robust annual growth of 5.7 percent in the recent past, poverty in Zambia remains stubbornly high. The poverty headcount rate is 60 percent (as of 2010), and 39 percent of the population live in extreme poverty, with insufficient consumption to meet their daily minimum food requirements. Chronic malnutrition remains very high, with 47 percent of children under the age of 5 being stunted in 2010, close to the high levels of the early 1990s. The report recommends a unified National Safety Net Program comprising cash transfers and public works to reach the poorest 20 percent of the population. The estimated cost is about US$100 million per year. This is less than 2 percent of public spending and around 15 percent of the current subsidies programs benefiting the non-poor.

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Main Authors:	Tesliuc, Cornelia, Smith, W. James, Sunkutu, Musonda Rosemary
Language:	English en_US
Published:	World Bank, Washington, DC 2013-03
Subjects:	ACCESS TO HEALTH SERVICES, ADMINISTRATIVE COSTS, AGRICULTURAL ACTIVITIES, AGRICULTURAL GROWTH, AGRICULTURAL INPUTS, AGRICULTURAL OUTPUT, AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTIVITY, ALLOWANCE PROGRAM, ASSET DISTRIBUTION, BENEFICIARIES, BENEFICIARY, BENEFICIARY HOUSEHOLDS, BENEFIT LEVELS, CALORIC INTAKE, CAPACITY CONSTRAINTS, CASH GRANTS, CASH TRANSFER, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAM, CASH TRANSFER PROGRAMS, CASH TRANSFER SCHEME, CASH TRANSFERS, CHANGES IN POVERTY, CHILD HEALTH, CHILD NUTRITION, CHRONIC MALNUTRITION, CHRONIC POVERTY, COMMERCIAL AGRICULTURE, COMMUNITY DEVELOPMENT, CONDITIONAL CASH, CONDITIONAL TRANSFERS, CONSUMPTION DATA, CONSUMPTION EXPENDITURES, COST-EFFECTIVENESS, CROP PRODUCTION, DESTITUTE FAMILIES, DIRECT TRANSFERS, DISABILITY ALLOWANCE, DRIVERS OF POVERTY REDUCTION, ECONOMIC GROWTH, EDUCATIONAL BENEFITS, ELDERLY PEOPLE, EMPLOYMENT CREATION, ESTIMATES OF POVERTY, EXTENDED FAMILIES, EXTREME POVERTY, FAMILY MEMBERS, FARM ACTIVITIES, FARM LABOR, FARMER, FARMERS, FARMING REGIONS, FEEDING PROGRAMS, FEMALE EDUCATION, FEMALE-HEADED HOUSEHOLDS, FISCAL CONSTRAINTS, FOOD AVAILABILITY, FOOD BASKET, FOOD CONSUMPTION, FOOD CROP, FOOD GAP, FOOD POLICY, FOOD POVERTY, FOOD POVERTY LINE, FOOD PRICE, FOOD RATION, FOOD REQUIREMENTS, FOOD SECURITY, GRANT PROGRAM, HEALTH SERVICES, HIGH INEQUALITY, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITION, HOUSEHOLD COMPOSITIONS, HOUSEHOLD CONSUMPTION, HOUSEHOLD INCOME, HOUSEHOLD LEVEL, HOUSEHOLD SIZE, HOUSEHOLD SURVEY, HOUSEHOLD SURVEYS, HOUSING, HUMAN CAPITAL, INCOME, INCOME GAINS, INCOME GROWTH, INCOME-GENERATING ACTIVITIES, INCOME-GENERATING PROGRAMS, INDICATORS OF POVERTY, INEQUALITY, INPUT SUBSIDIES, INSTITUTIONAL CAPACITY, INTERNATIONAL FOOD POLICY, IRRIGATION, LABOR DEMAND, LAND OWNERSHIP, LAND SCARCITY, LEAN SEASON, LIVING CONDITIONS, LIVING COSTS, LIVING STANDARDS, MAINTENANCE OF ROADS, MALNOURISHED CHILDREN, MARKET PRICES, MEANS TESTING, MICRO-CREDIT, MINIMUM INCOME, NATAL CARE, NATIONAL POVERTY, NATIONAL POVERTY RATE, NEEDS ASSESSMENTS, NUTRITION INTERVENTIONS, NUTRITION PROGRAMS, OLD AGE, OLD AGE PENSION, PENSIONS, PER CAPITA CONSUMPTION, PERSISTENT INEQUALITY, POLITICAL ECONOMY, POLITICAL SUPPORT, POOR, POOR AREAS, POOR DISTRICTS, POOR FARMERS, POOR GROUPS, POOR HOUSEHOLDS, POOR LIVING, POOR PEOPLE, POOR SMALLHOLDER, POST HARVEST, POVERTY BY PROVINCE, POVERTY GAP, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATE, POVERTY HEADCOUNT RATES, POVERTY IMPACT, POVERTY INCIDENCE, POVERTY LEVELS, POVERTY LINES, POVERTY MAPPING, POVERTY RATE, POVERTY RATES, POVERTY REDUCTION, POVERTY REDUCTION STRATEGY, POVERTY STATUS, PREVENTIVE HEALTH, PRODUCTIVE ASSETS, PROTECTION POLICIES, PROTECTION POLICY, PUBLIC SPENDING, PUBLIC TRANSFER, PUBLIC WORKS, PUBLIC WORKS PROGRAMS, PURCHASING POWER, REDISTRIBUTIVE TRANSFERS, REMOTE RURAL AREAS, ROAD MAINTENANCE, ROUTINE MAINTENANCE, RURAL, RURAL AREAS, RURAL ECONOMY, RURAL HOUSEHOLDS, RURAL INCOMES, RURAL LIVELIHOODS, RURAL POOR, RURAL POPULATION, SAFETY NET PROGRAMS, SAFETY NET SYSTEM, SAFETY NET SYSTEMS, SAFETY NET TRANSFERS, SAVINGS, SAVINGS GROUPS, SCHOOL ENROLLMENT, SCHOOL ENROLLMENTS, SCHOOL FEEDING, SCHOOL FEES, SCHOOL MEALS, SHOCK, SKILLS TRAINING, SMALLHOLDER AGRICULTURE, SMALLHOLDER FARMERS, SMALLHOLDER FARMING, SOCIAL ASSISTANCE, SOCIAL PROTECTION, SOCIAL SAFETY NET, SOCIAL SAFETY NETS, SOCIAL SECURITY, SOCIAL SERVICES, SUBSISTENCE, SUBSISTENCE FARMERS, SUPPORT PROGRAM, TARGETING, TEMPORARY JOBS, TRANSFER AMOUNT, TRANSFER OF CASH, TRANSFER PROGRAM, TRANSFER PROGRAMS, UNEMPLOYMENT, UNIVERSAL PENSION, URBAN WORKS, VILLAGE LEVEL, VOUCHERS, VULNERABILITY ASSESSMENT, VULNERABLE CHILDREN, VULNERABLE FAMILIES, VULNERABLE HOUSEHOLDS, VULNERABLE PEOPLE, WAGE EMPLOYMENT, WAGE RATE, WAGE RATES,
Online Access:	http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2013/03/19893339/zambia-using-social-safety-nets-accelerate-poverty-reduction-share-prosperity https://hdl.handle.net/10986/20140
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