Last Tuesday, the World Bank Board approved a grant from the International Development Association (IDA) for an amount of $75 million, to finance the Adaptive Social Protection for Increased Resilience (ASPIRE) project. This project will support Haiti's efforts to establish an adaptive social safety net system to respond to shocks, including the COVID-19 pandemic crisis, and reduce the country's vulnerability to food insecurity and disasters. natural to come. “Social protection systems can advance human capital, reduce inequalities, build resilience, and break the cycle of poverty,” said Javier Suarez, World Bank's Acting Head of Operations in Haiti, adding “This project offers immediate resources to come to the aid of the poorest households, while supporting the country in the implementation of its social protection program in order to develop resilience as well as human capital, in the medium term."

Remember that an adaptive social protection system allows vulnerable households to develop their resilience by investing in their capacities to prepare, respond and adapt to shocks. As a result, the ASPIRE project will provide immediate support to poor and vulnerable households, while strengthening their resilience through unconditional cash transfers and measures to improve health, nutrition and financial inclusion. The project provides for an expansion of cash transfers in emergencies, such as natural disasters or health crises. It will also support the capacity building of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor (MAST) with a view to improving the management and governance of social protection programs.

Ars also planned unconditional cash transfers that will be offered to 18,000 households (or about 90,000 people), including extremely poor families, living in rural areas prone to natural disasters, including young children, pregnant women or people with disabilities. reduced mobility. The project will first focus on the department of Grand'Anse, and will also establish the necessary foundations for the implementation of the national policy of social protection and promotion, allowing 200,000 additional households to be registered in the social register. of the Ministry of Social Affairs and Labor.

HL/ HaitiLibre