As part of 2017 IFPRI Egypt Seminar

1. Strengthening Social Protection
In Egypt
With Focus on Rural Areas
IFPRI – 28 Feb 2017

2. HEADING TOWARDS SOCIAL INCLUSION
The plan is to set aside nearly 15% of savings from subsidy
reforms for social investments including:
• Safety net programs
• Targeted food subsidy
• Free health insurance for the poor
• Improving basic services especially in poor villages
• Other social programs to mitigate economic risks and
alleviate poverty.

3. DEVELOPMENT OF SOCIAL SAFETY NET
The Ministry of Social Solidarity (MOSS) is mandated to reform
the Social Safety Net and expand its coverage, with a long-term
plan to reach 3.5 million poor HHs with emphasis on building
effective targeting and efficient systems.

4. ASPECTS OF IMPROVING SOCIAL PROTECTION SYSTEMS
IN EGYPT
1. Conditionality: exerting all efforts to invest in children and fulfill
their basic rights (health, education, nutrition and protection).
2. Automation: developing electronic data base on poorest HH & SP
groups, to enhance transparency and potential corruption.
3. Integrated Systems: coordination between government services to
boost collective efforts & maximize all services to citizens.
4. Wider Outreach: ensure that remote and deprived areas and to
people who lack knowledge about their social rights.
5. Verification & Grievance: improve these measures to build trust and
accountability and to ensure eligibility.
6. Limited period of CC: limiting support to only 3 years liable for
revision to needy families, but to empower “abled” people and seek
income-generation opportunities.

5. CASH TRANSFER ELIGIBILITY
Takaful is a family income support program to families with children
(0-18 years), and is aimed to produce human development
outcomes, specially nutrition, maternal and child health, and school
enrolment and retention.
Karama is a social inclusion program to persons, specifically the
elderly 65+ and the disabled who cannot work, and is aimed to
provide social protection and decent life for the most vulnerable
persons. It also includes orphans (0-18) who are living outside
institutions and are whose caretakers are their extended family
members.
Social Pension is a support to poor single women above 50 years,
HH without children and students 18-26 till they finish their studies.

6. SOCIAL PROTECTION MEASURES
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Prevention (Insurance): aims to avoid risks and ensure the basic needs
of the HH, especially the poorest and most needy. (life cycle approach).
Mitigation (assistance and care): aims at reducing the risk of sudden
impact and interventions are often linked to certain time limit or
conditions like severe social conditions or environmental conditions
such as disasters.
Protection (Cash & In-Kind Transfer): strengthening safety networks
such as cash and in-kind transfer, as well as improvement of social
services.
Empowerment (Employment & income generation): training, referral
to employment opportunities and income generation to improve living
standards.

7. 7
Social Protection InterventionBeneficiary Group
Cash Transfer
• Takaful cash transfer
• Social Pension cash transfer
• HH under poverty line
• Youth above 18 to
continue education
• Women above 50 & do
not have funding source
for living.
• Karama Cash Transfer• Elderly, PwD & Orphans
Child Protection
• Protection of children &
women especially in health
• Children 0-18 years
• Reproductive health
• School feeding to reduce drop
out & improve health and
nutrition
• Children from 4-12 years
Emergency
& Risk Mitigation
• Emergency & Crisis
• Water connections
• All affected HH
• Infrastructure develpmt
• Social protection for & till
recovery
• People who have
substance abuse
Social Insurance• Contributory social pension• Workers
Employment• Rehab., training and
employment
• Persons above 65 years
• Unemployed

8. MULTIPLE LEVELS OF VERIFICATION
1. Verification on site – completion of data.
2. Electronic verification (insurance, Soc.
Assistance, travel..)
3. Verification through Social Units Head and staff.
4. Verification through Social Accountability
Committees.
5. Verification through field visits (5-7%).

9. ACHIEVEMENTS OF “T&K” PROGRAM
1. Completion of targeting tools and of system automation.
2. 7000 social workers & researchers had their capacities developed on
surveying poor families and filling questionnaires.
3. Launched the program in 27 Governorates including all districts & villages.
4. A total of 2,5 million HH (11,2 million HH individuals). Total of 1,2 million
(5,4 million individuals) were primarily accepted out of which 73,000 were
stopped).
5. Developed verification and grievance mechanisms. Verification stopped 8-
10% for their ineligibility. 61,000 Grievances were received and dealt with.
6. Started developing social accountability committees to enhance collective
responsibility.
7. Formed T&K Ambassadors from media people to raise community
awareness.

10. TREND OF TKP’S ENROLLMENT
2015-2016
90,603 133,657
201,638
396,895
897,000
1,485,323
1,776,532
2,211,603
53,154 63,880 123,638 165,707
506,502
706,297
941,256
1,209,203
Mar, 2015 Jun, 2015 Sep, 2015 Dec, 2015 Mar, 2016 Jun, 2016 Sep, 2016 Dec, 2016
Registered
Enrolled

11. DISTRIBUTION OF TKP’S ENROLLED BENEFICIARIES
BY TYPE
1,126,957
(93%)
67,470
(6%)
14,559
(1.2%)
217
(0.02%)
Takaful Beneficiaries
Karama Disabled Beneficiaries
Karama Elderly Beneficiaries
Karana Disabled&Elderly Beneficiaries

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96.5% Of villages have drinking water networks, but frequently suffer
from water cuts.
69.8% of villages lack sewage networks, and 47.5% of those who have
suffer from irregular clogging in the networks.
81.8% of the villages have no secondary schools, 15% do not have
preparatory schools, and 3.7% do not have primary schools.
69.7% of the villages have health units, 60.2% have private doctors’
clinics, and 51.5% by family planning centers.
49% of the buildings in these villages suffer from water intrusion due to
the construction on agricultural land.
89.8% suffer from the absence of any fire points.
Source: CAPMAS, 2015
WHY WE NEED TO INTENSIFY SP IN RURAL AREAS

13. WHY WE NEED TO INTENSIFY SP IN RURAL AREAS
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Social Security: 57.4% of the population live in rural areas, and thus there is
an urgent need to reduce all existing types of disparities.
Economic growth: the importance of agriculture as a source of food, as a
sector that absorbs mass labor force, and as a source of raw materials for
manufacturing and industry.
Potential areas of development: opportunities to develop agro-industry,
agro-economy and recycling of agricultural products.
Political stability and national security: The social protection of citizens
and fulfilling their basic needs contribute to strengthening social contract and to
increasing participation in public life.
Protection and not reaction: ideal safety nets do not protect the poor only in
times of need, but they also form an integral part of the development process.

14. SOCIAL PROTECTION IN RURAL AREAS
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Social Protection In rural areas is mainly correlated with:
• Provide inputs for agricultural production (seeds, fertilizers, …)
• Productive asset transfer
• Subsidized commodities
• The existence of a regulated and fair system of agricultural leases
• The provision of basic services such as health and education at
affordable prices
• Improvement of infrastructure: roads, sanitation, clean water.. Etc,
• Cash transfer
• Cash for Work

15. CHALLENGES FOR INTEGRATED SOCIAL PROTECTION
IN RURAL AREAS
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• Lack of automation of agricultural services
• Poor technology and IT support
• Lack of information and of knowledge hubs
• Limited capacities at the bottom level
• Weak governance systems
• Scattered possessions and resistance to innovative integration
strategies.
• Image of women and limited role for her in public life
• Overpopulation
• Prevailing illiteracy

16. DRIVING FORCES TOWARDS SUCCESS
1. Budgeting social protection program as a whole from the state
budget, within the context of national economic reform and heading
towards social justice.
2. Social Justice Committee and its positive role towards having an
integrated social protection program driven by relevant ministries.
3. Readiness of non-government entities to positively collaborate
(NGOs, parliament members, Governors, media).
4. Developing Unified National Registry on national basis.
5. Integrating community workers to promote awareness on social
protection and economic empowerment issues.
6. Developing Unified National Registry on national basis.
7. Focusing on community participation and mobilizing public
accountability, thus community as actors not receptors.
8. Building trust between state and society.

17. Equitable development
and Social Justice….
Towards the change for
the “Egypt” we want.