| Project Detail |
The development objective of the Social Safety Net Strengthening Project is to improve the capacity of the Government of Tajikistan to plan, monitor, and manage social assistance for the poor through the development of a national registry of social protection and the provision of training, equipment and related items for improving said capacity. There are three components to the project. The first component of the project is national registry for social protection. This component will establish a national registry for social protection. This will help the Government to apply a proxy-means test to identify the poorest households eligible for receipt of social assistance. It will also help the Government to manage, monitor, and oversee payments of social assistance. The second component of the project is capacity building. This component will train government personnel at the central and local levels to implement and use the national registry. It will also build the capacity of the Government to use the registry to control and audit payments of social assistance. The third component of the project is project management. This component will be for project management and coordination and for carrying out fiduciary tasks, including procurement, financial reporting and accounting activities, audit, and other reporting for the project. |
