| Long Definition: |
Generosity
of social safety net programs is measured by the total transfer amount
received by the population participating in social safety net programs as a
share of their total welfare. Welfare is defined as the total income or total
expenditure of beneficiary households. Social safety net programs include
cash transfers and last resort programs, noncontributory social pensions,
other cash transfers programs (child, family and orphan allowances, birth and
death grants, disability benefits, and other allowances), conditional cash
transfers, in-kind food transfers (food stamps and vouchers, food rations,
supplementary feeding, and emergency food distribution), school feeding,
other social assistance programs (housing allowances, scholarships, fee waivers,
health subsidies, and other social assistance) and public works programs
(cash for work and food for work). Estimates include both direct and indirect
beneficiaries. |