1. Policy, Planning & Strategy Division
Social protection & WFP:
A quick update
SP Interagency Board
July 2012
Policy, Planning & Strategy Division

2. SP components Labor market, insurance Safety nets/ Social transfers
e.g. public works
Labor market, insurance
(Contrib. pensions, health insurance,
min wages etc.)
Safety nets/
Social transfers
Transfers (non-contributory)
Cash transfers, food, vouchers for food assistance
Social services
Sect. policy for access to education,
health, nutrition, agriculture etc
e.g. school feeding
+ Legislation

3. New corporate SP policy
SNIP, “Safety Nets in Practice”
Calls for “…. definition, articulation and documentation of how to build systems of safety nets in different contexts”.
To be pursued “… in collaboration with governments and partners such as the World Bank, UNICEF, ILO, UNDP, UNHCR, FAO, IFAD, regional institutions, NGOs and others” (p.27).
Generation and use of evidence are both important
Translate robust (ex-ante and ex-post) evidence into programming

4. Implementation by instrument
e.g. food-for-work beneficiaries: 4M
e.g. school feeding beneficiaries: 22M
e.g. 2.5M children <2 special nutritional products
Share (%) of WFP program portfolio

5. Implementation by modality Volume of cash-based assistance (2011: 41 countries, 4.4M beneficiaries)
$ million
(preliminary)

6. Implementation by modality
Choice of most appropriate delivery mechanisms….
Basic
Advanced
…. and set-up of supporting administrative infrastructure (for multiple applications)

7. (Measuring) what works
RCTs in five countries, final results in fall 2012
Ecuador: triple urban comparison
Niger: seasonal work programs
Uganda: early child nutrition
Yemen: relief transfers
Cambodia: school meals
Tool for ex-ante decision-making tested in OPT, Zambia, Mozambique and Kenya (with DSM)
“Omega value”: process to quantify costs (from procurement to delivery) against expected effectiveness
Limited to nutrition (micronutrients) and vouchers vs food
In partnership with

8. Latest developments Instrument blend: R4 “Insurance-for-work”
Extension of HARITA in Ethiopia, new pilots in West Africa
Building on the PSNP; 1,810 payouts in 2011
Regional institutions: AU, CAADP, SADC
New technical guidance on public works

9. Thank you