Social Security Policy Support (SSPS) Programme

An initiative of the Cabinet Division and the General Economics Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh
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Pandemic doubles extreme poverty

The recent nationwide closure of all economic activities for two-and-a-half months has doubled extreme poverty in Bangladesh, raising the number of the country's ultra-poor...

Digital payment solutions the way forward

Experts tell PRI-The Daily Star discussion on govt cash aid to poor; stress on authentic database of beneficiaries Experts and policymakers yesterday said the government's...

Two projects for the poor see their allocations slashed

Irregularities and apathy have become a permanent feature of project implementation in Bangladesh, thanks to which no infrastructure is ever ready on time. The delays...

In pursuit of social security for the urban poor

It was a week after the recent fire incident that turned everything to ashes in a slum in Mirpur when people like Shahida Begum...

Old Age Allowance A Right, Not Charity

On July 9, 2017 National Forum for Social Protection (NFSP) and Manusher Jonno Foundation with the support of the Department for International Development (DFID)...