![]() ![]() Since 2007 the Government of Pakistan has faced difficult challenges, including external and domestic economic shocks, economic uncertainty, and security problems. The last official estimates of poverty incidence were released in Pakistan in 2005/2006, with the headcount index for poverty reported at 22.3%. Project Rationale and Linkage to Country/Regional Strategy The substantial fiduciary risk of the project will be mitigated through the strengthening of BISP financial management systems and capacity. The project will provide technical support and finance part of the scaling-up costs of both programs using a performance-based allocation. In addition, it will support the strengthening and phased expansion of the pilot health insurance and skills development programs to increase income and good health for targeted families. The project will enable the expansion of the cash transfer program (paid to the female head of targeted poor families) by registering an additional 2.4 million eligible families and financing the first few quarters of their cash transfers. ![]() The project will support the Government of Pakistan's national social safety net program, the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP). Health insurance and subsidized health programs Technical and vocational education and training Loan 3837-PAK: Social Protection Development Project - Additional Financing Loan 3049-PAK: Social Protection Development Project
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