Akhter Ahmed POLICY SEMINAR Virtual Event - Social Safety Nets and COVID-19: Can we protect food security and nutrition? Co-Organized by IFPRI and the CGIAR Research Program on Policies, Institutions, and Markets (PIM) JUN 11, 2020 - 09:30 AM TO 10:45 AM EDT

1. Adapting social protection
approaches amid COVID-19
in Bangladesh
Akhter Ahmed
Country Representative for Bangladesh
International Food Policy Research Institute
Dhaka, Bangladesh | June 11, 2020

2. Key Findings: Transfer Modality Research Initiative
 Cash+BCC reduced child stunting
by 3 times the national average
decline.
 Transfers+BCC sustained
improved food security even after
4 years post-program.

3. Making Safety Nets COVID-19-Sensitive:
Distribute food/vouchers in poor urban areas
Photo Credit: WFP/Faheba Monir

4. Making Safety Nets COVID-19-Sensitive:
Temporarily waive conditionalities
Photo Credit: Getty Images