Building on the first Strengthening Social Resilience Program completed in
"This new ADB program supports the government's Action Plan Phase II of the National Social Security Strategy, 2021-2026, to strengthen protective and preventive capacity of the social protection system in
The program introduces a verification scheme of beneficiary's survival for cash-based social protection programs to reduce leakages. It also consolidates two cash-based protection programs for people with disabilities to improve efficiency and effectiveness. The program will integrate climate adaptive measures into social protection to strengthen resilience against climate vulnerability, including identification of people who are most at risk to climate change-induced disasters to help determine the appropriate assistance.
ADB's support strengthens the protection for vulnerable women and transgender people by increasing the number of beneficiaries under the widow allowance program and expanding the coverage of the livelihood support program for transgender people. In addition,
Another aim of the program is to strengthen the governance mechanism of the employment injury scheme pilot, focusing on the ready-made garments sector. It also supports establishing a tripartite committee-comprising workers' association, employers' association, and the government-on social protection for workers under the
ADB will provide a
ADB is committed to achieving a prosperous, inclusive, resilient, and sustainable
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