FROM CRISIS RESPONSE
TO INCLUSIVE GROWTH
By
Chada Koketso
Presentation Format
Introduction
Funding mechanisms and domestic resource
mobilization
Contribution of international organizations
and multilateral banks
Dialogue between MFDP and DSS
Identifying the fiscal space for social
protection in a productive public dialogue
Emerging evidence on the contribution of
scalable social protection programmes to
macroeconomic resilience
2
Introduction
Public policy in Botswana is aimed at reducing
poverty through broad-based economic
growth, specifically through employment
creation initiatives
Government recognises that “economic
growth is a necessary but not a sufficient
condition for poverty reduction
Government developed a comprehensive
regime of social safety nets
3
Existing SSNs address the risks
associated with :
Malnutrition
HIV/AIDS
Unemployment
Disability and old age
SSN appear to be comprehensive over a lifecycle.
4
Botswana has nine major SSN programs
as follows:
Primary school feeding program
Vulnerable group feeding program
Old age pension scheme
Destitute persons program
Orphan care program
Community home based care program
Labor based public works and drought relief
programs
Remote area development program and
World War II veterans program.
5
Contribution of International
Organizations and Multilateral Banks
Developing Credible Poverty Monitoring and
Information Systems
Strengthening capacity to identify and
develop tools and key policies that drive
poverty eradication
Strengthening institutional coordination
Strengthening institutional capacity to
respond to poverty
6
Funding mechanisms and domestic
resource mobilization
Solely funded from Government revenues.
Social Safety Nets in Botswana target a large
population
Need to refocus social safety net
expenditures.
Need to strengthen data collection and
analysis for SSN.
Improved data analysis and the ability to
monitor and evaluate programmes
Would create fiscal space and improve
financial management of social protection
7
Enhancing Dialogue between MFDP and
DSS
Multi-Sectoral Committee for Food Security
and Poverty Reduction
MFSPR comprises all relevant Government
Ministries, the pvt sector, NGOs and CBOs
MFSPR adopted the concept of inclusive
growth
The MFSPR has taken a deliberate decision to
promote inclusive growth through
mainstreaming poverty reduction into NDPs
SSN theme will enhance dialogue
8
Identifying the fiscal space for social
protection in a productive public dialogue
Efficiency in revenue collection
Involving strategic partners e.g. the
private sector in financing SSN
9
Contribution of Scalable Social Protection
Programmes to Macroeconomic Resilience
Promotion of broad-based economic growth
Investment in public infrastructure and social
services to enhance human capability
outcomes
Adoption of Social Safety Nets (SSN) to target
the poor and vulnerable
Botswana has a fairly good social protection
programme save for observed issues of
coverage, duplication and targeting, which
call for rationalization to improve efficiency.
10
Major Challenges facing Social Safety
Nets in Botswana
Better information is needed to identify
the poor and to assess the impact of
SSN programs.
Targeting
Reaching the poor at a reasonable cost
Planning, Budgeting and Monitoring for
service delivery
11
CONCLUSION
ensuring a life of dignity for poor people
begins with adequate provision for their
basic needs including food, health,
shelter, clothing and protection from
both man made and natural disasters.
Pro-growth SSN are part of the
Government strategy to eradicate
poverty
12
THANK YOU!
13