More specifically, the scoping study would help highlight the caveats of Bangladesh’s social protection during the pandemic and identify the scope of future research and policy actions to mitigate the potential impacts of future shocks on the livelihoods of the poor, marginalized, and impoverished people through constructing a comprehensive and dynamic social protection system. [...] Despite the efforts provided to expand the social protection coverage and budget during the pandemic, the social protection system faced a number of critical limitations in 6 terms of governance, distribution, and access, which require urgent attention of the government to make the system more responsive and reliable for those who need the most at the right time. [...] More specifically, the scoping study would help highlight the caveats of Bangladesh’s social protection during the pandemic and identify the scope of future research and policy actions to mitigate the potential impacts of future shocks on the livelihoods of the poor, marginalized, and impoverished people through constructing a comprehensive social protection system and contributing to it. [...] Key Areas to Focus: Research Questions The present scoping paper aims to cover the existing literature on the pandemic’s impact on the livelihood of the poor and vulnerable in Bangladesh, then provide an evaluation of the performance of social protection policy during the COVID-19 period based on the available sources. [...] Data and Methods The Bangladesh Government has adopted a range of measures to protect households from the unintended consequences of the COVID-19 pandemic, and different actors have documented the findings on the impacts of COVID-19 and tried to identify the role of social protection measures in assisting the vulnerable households.
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