WB-funded project helps improve social assistance system
A World Bank-funded
project aiming at supporting efficiency and enhancing reforms in the
social assistance system was launched on November 24 by the Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in the central province of Quang Nam.
A World Bank-funded
project aiming at supporting efficiency and enhancing reforms in the
social assistance system was launched on November 24 by the Ministry of
Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs in the central province of Quang Nam.
The social assistance system strengthening
project is piloted in the provinces of Quang Nam, Ha Giang, Lam Dong and
Tra Vinh and lasts until 2019, focusing on drawing common roadmaps for
policies and mechanisms on social assistance.
A national database on social beneficiaries and a modern management system will be developed within the project’s framework.
The
project is expected to simplify administrative procedures for social
assistance, thus promoting poverty reduction as well as bringing more
benefits to vulnerable people.-VNA