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Brief: Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone
This policy brief sets out recommendations to strengthen the social protection sector’s capacity to deliver routine social protection, as well as respond to future shocks more effectively. The recommendations are drawn from key learnings from the country research report and accompanying microsimulation report, providing an assessment of the efficacy of the design and delivery of the social protection COVID-19 response, particularly in the areas of financing, coordination and targeting.
Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone: Estimate from the microsimulation
This report presents the methodology and results of a microsimulation based on a partial equilibrium modelling framework using nationally representative household-level data for Sierra Leone. The findings include an estimate of the potential impact of COVID-19 on poverty in the country based on a model that assumes heterogeneity of impact across individuals and households depending on the type and sector of employment. Moreover, the model is used to assess the effectiveness, coverage, and adequacy of the social protection response to COVID-19. The microsimulation results complement a larger Sierra Leone country case study (available here) that documents the way in which social protection programmes, processes, and delivery systems have been used to respond to the COVID-19 crisis.
Towards shock-responsive social protection: lessons from the COVID-19 response in Sierra Leone
Despite the relatively limited restrictions in place in Sierra Leone to contain the spread of COVID-19, the pandemic is likely to have a staggering impact on poverty. This report documents how the Government of Sierra Leone used social protection programmes to mitigate the negative impact of the pandemic on vulnerable populations. This report analyses the factors that enabled and constrained the effectiveness of the response, at the policy and operational levels, and finds that the Government of Sierra Leone was able to leverage existing social protection delivery systems in their response, but timeliness was constrained by the need to secure additional financing. Finally, the report provides an assessment of the response in terms of coverage, adequacy, comprehensiveness, timeliness, and gender and social inclusion considerations.
Beyond the state: The role of traditional leaders in COVID-19
This brief summarizes the recommendations and learning from the report published which explores the role that traditional leaders have played in the response to COVID-19 in Sierra Leone.
