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PM congratulates Dr Sania over listing of Ehsaas program in WB’s list

PM congratulates Dr Sania over listing of Ehsaas program in WB’s list
May 16, 2021

ISLAMABAD (92 News) - Prime Minister (PM) Imran Khan has congratulated Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr Sania Nishtar and her team over the World Bank's listing of Ehsaas Emergency Cash program amongst top four social protection interventions globally.

In a tweet on Sunday, he said this is a milestone and well deserved international recognition.

Under Ehsaas Emergency Cash program, cash stipends of twelve thousand rupees were delivered to fifteen million households last year. This represented the largest and most extensive social protection intervention ever in the history of the country.

 

The World Bank has recognized Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme among top four social protection interventions globally in terms of number of people covered.

In its report titled "global social protection responses to Covid-19", the Bank says that there has been "an exponential growth in social protection measures between March, 2020 and May, 2021 and that a total of 3,333 social protection measures have been planned or implemented in 222 countries or territories".

In a report on social protection measures taken by several countries during the pandemic, the World Bank (WB) has recognised the efforts of the Pakistan government in uplifting the poor by featuring the Ehsaas Emergency Cash Programme in its list of top four global social protection interventions.

The World Bank released a report on “global social protection responses to COVID-19”. This report is called the “living paper” and it presents a 650-page volume and accompanying database documenting how countries and territories are planning, implementing or completing social protection measures in the context of the pandemic.

The report states that there has been “an exponential growth in social protection measures between March 20, 2020 and May 14, 2021 and that a total of 3,333 social protection measures have been planned or implemented in 222 countries or territories”.