Fill the Nutrient Gap Kenya for Universal Child benefit (UCB): Report

Rome (Italy): World Food Programme (WFP), 2022.

English

32 p.

ELR2481

Over the past decade, Kenya has established itself as a progressive leader in universal social protection. Since 2019, the State Department of Social Protection has led efforts to establish the Universal Child Benefit (UCB), which would guarantee a monthly cash transfer to households with children under 3 years of age. The FNG corresponds to direct objectives of the UCB pilot because it aims to generate lessons for the introduction of a long-term UCB, including the potential impacts of the cash transfer and complementary services on children’s nutrition, and to strengthen advocacy efforts and visibility for the UCB. The FNG analysis estimated costs of three diets: energyonly, nutrient-adequate, and healthy, as well as the percentages of households that, given current food expenditure, are unable to afford each diet.

Electronic ed.

Public

ELR 2481

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MON-129124