Zanzibar. Social protection expenditure and performance review and social budget

The ILO-DFID funded project sets out the current situation of existing social transfers within Zanzibar's social protection system. The report builds on this work to provide the foundation for future analysis of policy options and for any supporting social dialogue regarding social protection as a means of reducing poverty in the region. It examines the country's demographic characteristics, economy, the structure of the labour market, poverty, contributory and non-contributory provision and policy options and evaluates the social budget for projected Government social expenditures. Its recommendations form the basis for a social protection strategy.