Policy Target
Recalibration of benefits
EVIDENCE-BASED STRATEGY
Initiatives ensure social welfare payments go beyond covering basic subsistence levels and reflect adjustments to reductions in purchasing power of wages and rising local costs of living.
SAMPLE INDICATORS
- Number/percentage of recipients lifted out of poverty
- Median household income of beneficiaries
- Beneficiaries’ perceptions of benefits adjusted to a livable wage
- Overall wellbeing and financial wellbeing levels among beneficiaries (e.g., before and after recalibration of benefits)
- Poverty gaps between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries (who are financially better off)
- Health gaps between beneficiaries and non-beneficiaries (who are financially better off)
- Household food insecurity
- Effects of increased monetary support on demand for programs