Emergency Social Protection Enhancement and COVID-19 Response Project

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The project aims to support poor and vulnerable Yemenis to immediately respond and mitigate the shocks associated with the COVID-19 outbreak. The project thus aims to address the indirect impact of the COVID-19 outbreak on households -namely, increased food prices and reduced remittances -given that most of the population is already food insecure or at risk of being food insecure. The project will provide the poorest 30 percent of Yemen's population with unconditional cash transfers - and enhance their purchasing power to meet their food and basic needs. The project will also prioritize activities that are labor intensive to address the famine risk while maintaining a development focus through cash for work interventions, unconditional cash transfers to vulnerable pregnant or lactating women and children, creation of community assets, as well as support to small and micro enterprises. The project will also focus on further enhancing the capacity of local institutions including the Social Fund for Development and the Public Works Project and will utilize the country's existing systems while providing technical assistance as needed for local entities.