Social Security Policy Support (SSPS) Programme

An initiative of the Cabinet Division and the General Economics Division (GED) of Bangladesh Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh
spot_img

Harmonization of Small Social Security Programmes: Issues and Policy Options

The NSSS viewed small programme consolidation as an effective means for reducing administrative costs and increasing coordination in programme implementation. As such, the strategy prescribed for harmonising the small SSPs along the lifecycle risks based major programmes. Despite of NSSS stipulation the progress on small programme consolidation between 2016-18 has been essentially stagnant.1 One of the major reasons of such ‘no progress’ is the lack of clarity in the NSSS in terms of defining ‘small programmes’

Research Objectives

  • For profiling the small social security programmes, identifying their salient features, and proposing a framework for
    effective and efficient harmonisation.
    Methodological approaches
  • Desk research for literature review
  • (KIIs) with government officials involved in the implementation and administration of small SSPs.
  • NSSS report, the drafted NSSS midterm implementation review, corresponding ministries’ websites, interviews with programme
    officials.

Related Publications

Perception Study – Situation Analysis of Person with Disabilities in Bangladesh and role of Social Protection

View Documents Based on WHO1is global estimates of 15%, Bangladesh...

Diagnostics for Urban Poverty and the Social Security Needs of the Urban Poor Study in Bangladesh

View Document Despite the extra-ordinary achievements in terms of the...

Workfare Programmes and Skill Development Evidence and Policy Implications

View Document The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has been implementing...

Cost-Benefit Ratio Study on Effects of Social Protection Cash Transfer

View Document Two important types of social protection schemes in...