COVID Module Question 7

Do published documents or information on the emergency fiscal policy package under consideration include information on intended beneficiaries of spending measures, in particular poor and vulnerable groups?

Guidelines
This question asks whether published documents or information on the emergency fiscal policy package include information on the intended beneficiaries of spending measures. This can include different categories of individuals (e.g. informal workers, female heads of households, etc.) and different categories of businesses (e.g. small, large, within specific sectors, etc.). It also puts a particular emphasis on whether policies are designed to reduce hardship a country’s poor and vulnerable groups are facing as a result of the pandemic and its economic effects. Vulnerable beneficiaries can be defined on the basis of their low income, or by some other characteristic that makes them particularly exposed to the negative impacts of the pandemic (specific racial or ethnic groups, informal workers, slum dwellers, etc.) (Note that question 8 asks specifically about information by gender.)

In addition to identifying the intended beneficiaries of a spending measure, it asks whether information is provided explaining the eligibility criteria for different types of benefits.

Finally, the question asks whether the presentation includes a narrative discussion of how the policy is intended to assist intended beneficiaries, particularly the poor and vulnerable.

Tick boxes: ''Please check the boxes of the items that appear in the relevant documentation. If none of the items are presented, please check ‘None of the Above’. In the comment box, please provide a detailed citation for each item selected below as described in the assessment directions as well as any additional details.''


 * ☐  Individual beneficiaries
 * ☐  Business beneficiaries
 * ☐  Poor beneficiaries
 * ☐  Other vulnerable beneficiaries (please specify in the comments box)
 * ☐  Eligibility criteria
 * ☐  Explanatory narrative
 * ☐  None of the above