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Benefit recipients
Minimum and maximum duration of
benefits (if any)
Coverage
Programme expenditure
Cash transfers for food security:
women as representatives of their households.
Cash for work: workers.
Around 50 per cent of the beneficiaries of the whole project are women. 1
Cash transfers for food security: The programme is expected
to last for two cycles of 24 months (villages targeted during
the first cycle will not be eligible for the second cycle).
Cash for work: 60 days of work for each beneficiary. 1
Cash transfers for food security: a total of 80,000 beneficiaries
were expected to be reached by the project’s end. Currently, 44,888
households have benefited from the transfers. Exceptionally, in 2012,
an additional 2,500 households (Nigeriens fleeing insecurity in Libya)
benefitted from the cash transfers for a period of 12 months.
Cash for work: 15,000 beneficiaries per year (60,000 by the end
of the project) were expected to be reached; currently, 41,100
beneficiaries have been reached. 1
The World Bank financing for the cash transfers for food security
component amounts to USD48.6 million—which comprises the total
costs including contingencies—and the financing for the cash for work
component amounts to USD10.5 million. 1,2
Institutions and agencies involved Government of Niger; World Bank; UNICEF 2
Monitoring and evaluation
The monitoring and evaluation system will rely on a database managed
mechanisms and frequency
by a management information system (MIS). The Technical Management
Unit (Unité de gestion technique—UGT) is responsible for producing
quarterly reports on the project’s performance and progress. 1
See the references on page 186: Cash Transfers for Food Security and Cash for Work (under the Niger Safety Net
Project—Filet de Protection Sociale)
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