Strengthening Social Protection Project

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The development objective of Strengthening Social Protection for Rwanda is to improve the effectiveness of Rwanda’s social protection system, notably the flagship Vision 2020 Umurenge Program (VUP), for targeted vulnerable groups. This project has three components. 1) The first component, Improving coverage, adequacy and effectiveness of the Vision 2020 Umurenge Program (VUP) cash transfers, aims to cover, through IDA funds, 40 percent of the costs of the VUP safety nets: transfers; PW wage and non‐wage costs, including capital costs of cPW; and associated administrative costs. 2) The second component, Enhancing access to human capital and economic inclusion services, aims to improve the contribution of the social protection sector to boost human capital creation and economic inclusion services, with a focus on combating chronic malnutrition and improving child development goals, as well as improving livelihoods by promoting skills development, resilience, and access to services. 3) The third component, Delivery systems, policy and program management, aims to build local and national government’s capacity to implement Components 1 and 2, as well as to improve the larger social protection system in Rwanda.