Cameroon Social Safety Nets

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The development objective of the Social Safety Net Project for Cameroon is to support the establishment of a basic national safety net system including piloting targeted cash transfers and public works programs for the poorest and most vulnerable people in participating areas within the Recipient’s territory. The project has three components. The first is laying the foundations of a safety net system and supporting project management (US$7.8 million). This component has following two sub-components: (1) help the Borrower to develop systems to coordinate and manage safety nets programs for the poor and vulnerable; and (2) finance the cost of the management, coordination, and monitoring and evaluation (M and E) activities under this and the other two project components. The second component is the pilot cash transfer program with accompanying measures to boost household productivity (US$36.3 million). This component is for supporting the development and to boost the productivity of chronically poor households and serve as the cornerstone of Cameroon’s social safety net. Accompanying measures are to be developed to maximize the impact of the cash transfers on the welfare and productivity of beneficiary households. The third component is the public works program pilot (US$5.9 million). This component is for developing and piloting a labor-intensive public works program aimed to help vulnerable households deal with exogenous shocks (such as droughts or floods). The public works activities are to be coordinated with the cash transfer program so as to facilitate its implementation and reinforce its effectiveness.