PM felicitates Sania Nistar, Ehsaas team over WB acknowledgment
Congratulations to Sania and the Ehsaas team for achieving this milestone: PM Imran
ISLAMABAD (Dunya News) - Prime Minister Imran Khan has congratulated Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation Dr. Sania Nishtar and her team over the World Bank’s listing of Ehsaas Emergency Cash program amongst top four social protection interventions globally.
In a tweet on Sunday, the premier said “Congratulations to Sania and the Ehsaas team for achieving this milestone and well-deserved int recognition”.
Earlier, the World Bank in a report released on Saturday recognized Ehsaas Emergency Cash among top four social protection interventions globally in terms of number of people covered.
This report is called the “living paper” and it is a partnership effort involving 18 coauthors and a large number of contributors; the paper presents a 650-page volume and accompanying database documenting how countries and territories are planning, implementing or completing social protection measures in the context of the pandemic.
The report states that there has been “an exponential growth in social protection measures between March 20, 2020 and May 14, 2021 and that a total of 3,333 social protection measures have been planned or implemented in 222 countries or territories”.
Pakistan ranks 4th globally in terms of the number of people covered and 3rd globally in terms of percentage of population covered amongst those that covered over 100 million people; the World Bank has stated that only “select countries have attained impressive six-digit levels” in this regard. Pakistan’s Ehsaas Emergency Cash is one of them.
