Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)
Coverage of social safety net programs shows the percentage of population participating in cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
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17
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Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)
2005 13.5 Yemen
2009 6.63 Sudan
2010 15.1 Tunisia
2007 10.55 Palestine
2009 11.74 Palestine
2016 13.93 Palestine
2008 37.43 Mauritania
2014 48.67 Mauritania
2009 39.17 Morocco
2002 2.96 Djibouti
2012 3.83 Djibouti
2008 45.47 Egypt
2006 81.69 Iraq
2012 77.17 Iraq
2006 84.86 Jordan
2010 75.41 Jordan
2004 6.11 Lebanon
Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)
Coverage of social safety net programs shows the percentage of population participating in cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions, other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations, supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding, other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers, health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs (cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect beneficiaries.
Publisher
Arab Development Portal
Origin
Arab Region
Records
17
Source