Characteristics of Safety Net Interventions

Cash and near cash transfers Needs based 

In-kind food transfers and other food-based programs Quantity rations and in-kind transfers 

Mitigating poverty and promoting equity Managing shocks Facilitating reforms 

Mitigating poverty and promoting equity Managing shocks Investing in human capital and nutrition Facilitating reforms 

Chronically poor working Emilies Those not expected to work children, the elderly, the disabled Those needing temporary assistance 

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