💡How is #Mauritania harnessing #AdaptiveSocialProtection (#ASP) as a solution to the socioeconomic challenges facing the country? 🔎With nearly 30% of the population living below the #poverty line, the government is doubling down on its efforts to strengthen ASP systems and programs, directly impacting the poorest and most vulnerable and securing future generations of Mauritanians. 👉 Since 2015, The World Bank Social Safety Net System Support Project has supported the foundations of the national ASP system – an inclusive and innovative ASP approach. 🔸 More than 200,000 poor households are now registered in the #SocialRegistry. 🔸The Tekavoul National Social Transfer Program provides regular support to more than 100,000 households throughout the entire territory. 🔸More than 90% of the beneficiaries of the program are #women, with the program also fostering access to credit and health care. 🔸More than 80% of transfer costs are financed by the government, a testament to the #sustainability of this program. 👉 In 2017, the Elmaouna shock-responsive safety net program centered #convergence between #humanitarian and #development approaches. 🔸Approximately 814,000 individuals benefited from the Elmaouna program between 2017 and 2023. 🔸More than 40,000 #refugees in the M’berra camp now receive crucial #SafetyNets with an extension of Elmaouna. 👉 In 2021, young people were prioritized to sustainably boost the country’s #HumanCapital, with support from the Youth Employability Project (YEP). 🔸YEP has supported the training of more than 12,000 young people, 70% of whom are women. 📄Learn more in this new feature story, “Transforming Lives in Mauritania Through Adaptive Social Protection,” here: EN: https://lnkd.in/gWAv6_vn FR: https://lnkd.in/gMQhs7UY #SASPP #PPSAS #BanqueMondiale #Mauritanie #development #developpement #ProtectionSocialAdaptative #ChangementClimatique #CapitalHumaine #pauvrete #chocs #FiletsSociaux Dieynaba Diallo Isselmou Boye Loana Billeux Hanna
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