| dc.description.abstract | Target-based cash transfer programs of Bangladesh aim to protect vulnerable people from crisis through the direct transfer of food, resources, and cash. Bangladesh has an extensive range of social protection programs; impacts of these programs are yet to be analyzed in detail. An eligible person receives direct payment of money through cash transfer. Whereas conditional cash transfer depends mainly upon the action of actors who meet specific criteria. Social protection strategies are identified as one of the pillars of Poverty reduction in Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. In total, more than six and a half million poorest people of this country are benefited by all these programs. Old age people and widowed, distressed women are vulnerable part of this society and they are supposed to receive these benefits from the government. Due to many problems these people cannot receive these supports. These sector needs to get more attention by the designated authority for the benefit of the two most vulnerable group of people (Old age, widowed/distressed women). Then, cash transfer program will play a vital role to the reduction of poverty in this country.
Old Age Allowance and Widowed and Distressed Women Allowance of Cash Transfer Programs are the special focus of discussion in this thesis. The thesis is conducted through qualitative method and the data is collected from secondary sources like research paper, journals, articles, report, newspaper. As this thesis looks for the answer of 'How do cash transfer programs contribute to poverty reduction?', aim of this thesis is to illustrate the impact of the Old Age Allowance and Widowed and Distressed Women Allowance of Cash Transfer Programs on the society for poverty reduction in Bangladesh. It will find out the challenges of cash transfer programs and describe the impacts of cash transfer program with a view to depict the necessity of this program in this society to reduce poverty. The thesis attempts to show the effectiveness of the cash transfer program and it suggests recommendations to make the program more fruitful. These allowance programs are such safety net programs that can relieve the old people and Widowed and Distressed Women from the unbearable sufferings and pains of negligence. | en_US |
