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45233-001: Social Protection Development Project
Project Data Sheet (PDS): Overview
Description
The proposed Social Protection Development Project (the project) will support the strengthening of the Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) as Pakistan's federal social safety net system. The project will expand the coverage of the cash transfer program through the issuance and verification of computerized national identity cards (CNICs) to the so far excluded eligible beneficiary families. These families are hardest to reach, and likely to be the most destitute. In addition, the proposed proje... Read More
| Country |
Pakistan |
|---|---|
| Project Number | 45233-001 |
| Project Type or Modality of Assistance |
Loan |
| Financing | Public sector (Sovereign) |
| Status | Proposed |
| ADB Financing ($ thousand) | 200,000 |
| Geographical Location | 7 million eligible BISP beneficiaries, spread across the different provinces and districts, were idenfiied based on the cut-off score of a poverty scorecard survey |
| Sector / Subsector Classification |
Health and social protection / Social Protection |
| Thematic Classification | Gender equity Governance |
| Gender Mainstreaming Categories | Gender equity as a theme |
| Safeguard Categories |
Environment: C Resettlement: C Indigenous People: C |
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Responsible ADB Officer
Michiel Van der Auwera
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Responsible ADB Department
Central and West Asia Department
Responsible ADB Divisions
Public Management, Financial Sector and Trade Division, CWRD
Executing Agencies
Benazir Income Support Program
Last PDS Update
02 Apr 2013