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.
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Arab Development Portal
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Arab Region
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Arab Region | Proportion of population covered by social safety net programs, 3rd quintile( Arab countries,2002–2016)
Location Year value
Yemen 2005 13.5
Sudan 2009 6.63
Tunisia 2010 15.1
Palestine 2007 10.55
Palestine 2009 11.74
Palestine 2016 13.93
Mauritania 2008 37.43
Mauritania 2014 48.67
Morocco 2009 39.17
Djibouti 2002 2.96
Djibouti 2012 3.83
Egypt 2008 45.47
Iraq 2006 81.69
Iraq 2012 77.17
Jordan 2006 84.86
Jordan 2010 75.41
Lebanon 2004 6.11

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