The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has confronted Bangladesh with a multi-pronged crisis. The adverse impacts of the pandemic experienced in the form of health risks, humanitarian disasters and adverse economic implications have both short-term impacts as also medium to long-term ramifications at macro, meso and micro levels.
COVID-19 pandemic will leave far-reaching footprints on the development journey of Bangladesh, as also other countries across the world. The pandemic has exacerbated pre-existing vulnerabilities, added new dimensions to these, and disrupted the progress towards attaining the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in Bangladesh.
This policy brief focuses on the effectiveness of the delivery of five selected SSNPs in Bangladesh. These include maternity allowance, primary and secondary school stipend programmes (PESP and SESP, respectively), employment generation programme for the poorest (EGPP), and old-age allowance.
This policy note draws on an ongoing research study titled Introducing a Universal Pension Scheme (UPS) in Bangladesh. It outlines a framework for a UPS for Bangladesh based on international experiences.
