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Islamabad: Better data collection and better registration of vulnerable populations can play a critical role in improving the overall impact of social security and protection networks, which can be successful through civil society organizations .
This was the focus of a webinar on “Aggregating the Evidence: Shock-Responsive Social Protection Delivery Mechanism in Pakistan†hosted here by the Sustainable Development Policy Institute (SDPI).
Akhuwat Executive Director Dr Amjad Saqib, who chaired the session, said reaching the population living below the poverty line is too big a challenge that requires collective efforts from government, civil society and the business sector.
Covid-19 has hit all sectors of the economy hard, so there is an urgent need to help vulnerable segments of society so that they can absorb economic shocks, he argued.
SDPI Executive Director Dr Abid Qaiyum Suleri said consolidating social security networks is a step in the right direction of the government, which has helped contain the overlapping roles of these networks.
Registration plays a key role in social protection. Therefore, the National Social and Economic Register (NSER) assists in the smooth implementation of targeted grants to vulnerable populations, â€said Dr Suleri, adding that civil society could help the government build the capacity of its various constituencies. organs in data collection.
Samia Liaqat Ali Khan, Group Leader, Pakistan Poverty Alleviation Fund (PPAF), briefed participants on various interventions including the Ehsaas cash grants implemented by the PPAF as a Covid-relief activity. 19 by the PPAF. She said the assets provided to vulnerable populations after the pandemic helped them diversify their income.
Beenish Fatimah Sahi, Executive Director of the Punjab Social Protection Authority (PSPA), was of the opinion that Covid -19 exposed the weaknesses of our social protection strategies. We need to come up with shock-responsive strategies to help the vulnerable population, she added.
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