Niger Safety Net Project

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The development objective of the Safety Net Project for Niger is to establish and support an effective safety net system which will increase access of poor and food insecure people to cash transfer and cash for work programs. There are four components to the project. The first component of the project is safety net system. This component will support the establishment of a well-performing safety net system by investing in management systems, targeting and payments systems, monitoring and evaluation and capacity building. The second component of the project is cash transfers for food security. The cash transfers and accompanying measures are expected to support poor and food insecure households by increasing their income and investing in their human capital. Subcomponent 2.1 will pay the first 10,000 beneficiaries, subcomponent 2.2 the remaining 70,000. The third component of the project is cash for work. Through short term labor intensive public works, this component will provide income support to 60,000 individuals in areas affected by temporary food insecurity to produce and maintain public goods. The fourth component of the project is project management. This component will finance costs related to the management of the project (including salaries, setting up the offices, and other recurrent costs), and acquiring physical assets.