The IPC-IG is linked to the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in Brazil, the Ministry of Planning, Development, Budget and Management of Brazil (MP) and the Institute for Applied Economic Research (Ipea) of the Government of Brazil. [...] Overview of Non-contributory Social Protection Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Through a Child and Equity Lens | 7 Against this background, this report provides an overview of the non-contributory social protection programmes currently implemented in the MENA region and a preliminary estimation of the proportion of children covered by these programmes, which in turn ma. [...] The study is divided into two main parts: the first part consists of a brief synopsis of child poverty and non- contributory social protection in the MENA region (Chapter 1), a regional overview of the main features of the non- contributory social protection programmes (Chapter 2), and an estimation of the proportion of children covered by these programmes, when data on the number of beneficiaries. [...] Overview of Non-contributory Social Protection Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Through a Child and Equity Lens | 9 Programmes whose benefit levels increase with the size of the household While the benefit levels of cash transfer schemes vary significantly across programmes and countries, it can be observed that they often increase according to the size of the household. [...] 1.3 Context The number of children in the MENA region Of the total estimated 467 million people living in the MENA region in 2016, 36.2 per cent were under the age of 18, and 11.6 per cent were under the age of 5.
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