Uganda Safety Net Project

A growing number of developing countries are investing in social safety nets to improve the lives and livelihoods of billions of poor and vulnerable people, yet around 55% of the world's poor or 773 million people with acute needs still lack safety net coverage. This is especially true in lower-income countries and in urban areas and countries must take action to close this coverage gap.

According to Word Bank report, The State of Social Safety Nets, more than 1.9 billion people in 136 low- and middle -income countries are now on beneficiary rolls of social safety net programs. In Africa alone, the number of countries setting up social safety net programs has doubled over the past three years and rigorous evaluations prove that these programs work. But three quarters of the poorest people in low-and lower-middle income countries, and more than one-third of the poorest people in middle-income countries, lack safety net coverage and remain in risk.