The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso

Vandeninden, Frieda; Grun, Rebekka E.; Semlali, Amina

doi:10.1596/32329

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“…A cash transfer program in Burkina Faso reached half a million beneficiaries, mostly women, and piloted an adaptive modality to enhance resilience against food insecurity. 105 Income support in the form of childcare vouchers or allowances are being provided in Italy and South Korea. 106 It must be noted in this regard that cash transfers that target women are more likely to be invested in children.…”

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Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Paz¹,

Müller²,

Boudet³

et al. 2020

108

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The COVID-19 outbreak is impacting societies around the world in an unprecedented manner. However, not everyone, in every place, will be affected in the same way. Considering how the pandemic affects particular groups will help raise the effectiveness of containment efforts and minimize the potential negative impacts. This note focuses on one of such groups: Women and girls. Experiences from previous pandemics 1 show that they can be especially active actors for change, while they can also experience the effects of the crisis in different (and often more negative) ways. Given that the COVID-19 is not gender-blind, the response to it should not be either. Based on the existing evidence and emerging trends the note summarizes key gender differentiated transmission channels and impacts on outcomes across the three areas of endowments, economic conditions, and agency. It also provides recommendations for action (see Table 1). This is a living document, to be completed as more data and analysis are made available.

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confidence: 99%

Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Paz¹,

Müller²,

Boudet³

et al. 2020

108

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“…In the medium term, the covid-19 pandemic can be an opportunity for the authorities to implement bold policy decisions for efficient social safety nets. Indeed, according to Vandeninden et al (2019), the country's expenditure on social safety nets has increased from 0.3% of GDP to 2.32% 2 between 2005 and 2015. This rate is higher than other African countries' expenditures.…”

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Could Covid-19 Worsen Food Insecurity in Burkina Faso?

2020

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This paper analyses the impact of the Covid-19 pandemic on households' food security in Burkina Faso. For this purpose, we have made use of a single country's computable general equilibrium model and formulated two alternative scenarios (optimistic and pessimistic). While the baseline already shows a worrying food situation, our results suggest that the pandemic of Covid-19 contributes to a worsening of food security. First, the food deficit of poor rural and urban households worsens. Second, even if their food consumption decreases, the urban non-poor households seem to be resilient to the Covid-19 pandemic. The severity of food insecurity is increasing among poor households in rural and urban areas, whereas the non-poor rural households are likely to fall into the category of vulnerable people. Third, the negative impacts on food security can be explained by the combination of several factors such as a rise in food prices, a decrease in households' incomes and remittances. Finally, the negative impact on food security seems permanent, as the deviation from the baseline persists over 10 years (2020-2030). Keywords COVID-19 • Food security • Computable general equilibrium Résumé Cet article analyse l'impact de la pandémie de la COVID-19 sur la sécurité alimentaire des ménages au Burkina Faso. À cette fin, nous avons utilisé un modèle d'équilibre général calculable mono-pays et formulé deux scénarios alternatifs (l'un

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“…• Implementing safety net programs that target the most a ected women during the crisis: female-headed households, informal and domestic workers who do not benefit from social protection coverage, and unemployed females; could help households mitigate the negative shock and continue to invest in children (Vandeninden et al, 2019;Rutkowski, 2020). Moreover, cash transfer programs may also support self-employed women in restarting their businesses, considering that most female-intensive sectors are also more prone to be a ected negatively by social distancing measures (de Paz et al, 2020).…”

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The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

Cucagna¹,

Romero²

2021

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The LACGIL supports impact evaluations and inferential research to generate evidence on what works in closing gender gaps in human capital, economic participation, social norms, and agency. Additionally, the lab disseminates findings to improve operations and policy making in the design of cost-e ective interventions that tackle gender inequalities and drive change.To accomplish this, the LACGIL works in partnership with World Bank units, aid agencies and donors, governments, nongovernmental organizations, private sector firms, and researchers.

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The Way Forward for Social Safety Nets in Burkina Faso

Cited by 3 publications

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Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Gender Dimensions of the COVID-19 Pandemic

Could Covid-19 Worsen Food Insecurity in Burkina Faso?

The Gendered Impacts of COVID-19 on Labor Markets in Latin America and the Caribbean

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