Adaptive Social Protection
- BISP, as an overarching, social protection umbrella, must lead the transition towards adaptive social protection system in Pakistan.
- Lack of precise risk assessments is one of the key challenges posited by preparedness towards Adaptive Social Protection. Proactive capacity building in this area needs to be undertaken.
- Pakistan’s social protection projects are largely dependent on funding which makes them unsustainable. Therefore, the government needs to explore financing avenues to make the programme sustainable and not funding-oriented.
- The current situation demands moving from an individual-level approach to a community-level approach and increased focus on intended results rather than devising tools for policy implementation for strengthening social protection mechanisms.
- Safety nets are necessary, and a holistic Social Protection System is a need of the hour. Furthermore, work-based social protection programmes should be promoted by the government.
- NSER data should be made mandatory for selecting beneficiaries for NGOs to improve the impact of Social Protection Programmes.
