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Kazal 5f options for raising entitlements
1. FOOD SECURITY C oncepts, Basic Facts, and Measurement Issues June 26 to July 7, 2011 Dhaka, Bangladesh
2. Kazal 5f: Options for Raising Entitlements & Reducing Vulnerability in Bangladesh Learning : Trainees will learn about existing entitlements to social protection and available safety net programs in Bangladesh. Evaluating policy options in raising total entitlements and reducing vulnerability will be considered on the basis of a number of key planning and policy documents of Bangladesh.
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8. Targeted social protection interventions in Bangladesh Social risk management matrix Social protection interventions can be designed to address one or more of three broad objectives: risk reduction, risk mitigation, and risk coping
17. Major food social safety net programs in Bangladesh Open Market Sales (OMS). Essentially a self-targeted food subsidy scheme in urban areas, when operational, it allows any person queuing up for a fixed amount o f food grain per day at a fixed price, which i s lower than the prevailing market price. Test Relief (TR) Food. Test Relief i s administered by the Ministry o f Food and Disaster Management. It operates much like the Government’s Food for Work program. Participants are largely self-selecting, with wages and labor requirements set to discourage the non-poor from participating. Workers are paid approximately 3.5 kilograms o f rice or wheat for every day o f work.
33. Key challenges and policy options for reducing vulnerability and poverty Incidence of Poverty in Bangladesh BBS: Household Income and Expenditure Survey, various years The overall incidence of poverty in the country has been declining though the rate of decline is slow at less than 2 per cent per year Year Upper Poverty Line Lower Poverty Line Rural Urban National Rural Urban National 1991-1992 59.0 42.6 56.8 44.0 23.6 41.3 1995-1996 54.5 27.8 50.1 39.4 13.7 35.1 2000 52.3 35.2 48.9 37.9 19.9 34.3 2005 43.8 28.4 40.0 28.6 14.6 25.1 2010 35.2 21.3 31.5 21.1 7.7 17.6
