Cash for Jobs Additional Financing

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The proposed Project would scale up safety nets programs to the national territory of Burundi. The Project would be structured in 4 components. Component 1 would deliver cash transfers to extreme poor beneficiaries for a duration of 30 months, targeting a total number of 250,000 households. Component 1 would support as well the development of delivery systems that are necessary for scaling up social safety nets programs. A special focus would be put on the development of a national Social Registry as main national tool for outreach and targeting of social programs. Component 2 would deliver accompanying measures on human capital development to the same households receiving the cash transfers. Accompanying measures would promote a better nutrition, family planning and a better management of household economies promoting proper Early Childhood Development. Accompanying measures would also tackle Gender Based Violence by sensitizing men and women on how to minimize this issue. Component 3 would support economic inclusion of poor and vulnerable individuals, specially women, through an improved access to economic activities and jobs. Component 4 of the Project would promote the integration of host communities and refugees into national social protection systems. Component 5 will finally support Project implementation by financing operational costs to implement components 1 to 5. The Project would include as well a CERC component in the event the country faces any shock that requires an emergency response.