The Government of Bangladesh (GoB) has been implementing Social Security Programmes since its independence. The WorkFare schemes provide access to temporary employment and skills development through the financing of public investment projects intensive in the use of unskilled labour. Literature review and international experiences suggest that effective Workfare schemes have been successful in the creation of sustainable employment but the impact of WF schemes on the job market, i.e., matching the demand for workers trained by WF by the labour market or private sector has not been examined yet.

Research Objectives

• Examine whether SSP workfare programmes contribute to increasing skills of the beneficiaries (upward movement
  along the ‘skill ladder’);
• Assess whether and to what extent the private sector experiencing a shortage of semi-skilled labour; and
• Suggest policy avenues for the government to improve SSP WF programmes supportive of skill development of
  workfare beneficiaries, and thus help address shortage of skilled labour force.
  Methodological approaches
  ▪ Desk research for literature review
  ▪ KII s with GOB, Private Sector and selected beneficiaries of WF programmes.