FIGURE 3. Evolution of expenditure and budget in the area of poverty reduction, 2017-2020 (million US$) Budget
Expenditure
$16 $14 $12 $10
$11.1 $9.2
$8
$9.7
$6 $5.1
$4 $2 $0
2017
2018
2019
2020
Source: Atlas Project data, Power Bi, September 2020
Finding 9. UNDP helped set up national instruments for inclusive and sustainable social protection as well as better targeting of beneficiary populations. Nevertheless, the results obtained at the national level remain mixed, particularly with regard to the public policy component. At the local level, UNDP contributed to the social inclusion of women and facilitated social cohesion in disadvantaged urban neighbourhoods in Port-au-Prince. The community platforms set up and supervised by UNDP have become real driving forces for local development. However, strengthening their capacity is necessary to ensure their sustainability. UNDP’s work in social protection is essentially a continuation of interventions from the previous cycle. At the central level, UNDP collaborated with state actors who implement the social inclusion policy of the Haitian Government. During the 2013-2017 period, UNDP helped the Government design and implement a cash transfer strategy that incorporates good South-South knowledge
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transfer practices and targeting the most disadvantaged populations.79 As part of the ‘Technical support for cash transfer programmes’ project, UNDP assisted the Haitian Government by working with the Economic and Social Assistance Fund (FAES) to create analytical tools for implementing public interventions aimed at poverty reduction and human development. UNDP provided technical assistance to FAES to develop the Ede Pep Strategy80 which was presented and approved by the Prime Minister in 2014. Like the countries of the region, this strategy encompasses a set of public interventions that protect the most vulnerable people throughout their life cycle. UNDP also provided technical assistance to implement the Ede Pep strategy and its associated programmes (Ti Manman Cheri, Kore Etidyan, Kore Moun Andikapé and Bon Dijans).81 It also supported FAES in piloting an impact assessment of the cash transfer strategy. The evaluation notes that this strategy was innovative for Haiti.
Technical support for cash transfer programmes Ede Pep (Creole) = Helping the people Ti Manman Cheri (creole) = Dear little mom, Kore Etidyan (Creole) = Support for students, Kore Moun Andikapé (Creole) = Support for the disabled and Bon Dijans (Creole) = Emergency Voucher
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