Social Security Sector Development Program

Social welfare reform is a sensitive and protracted process. The Social Security Sector Development Program (SSSDP) pioneered new concepts and approaches at a critical time in the country s history, but the reforms it initiated are not complete. The progress made by the program in developing a new vision for social welfare was undermined by the introduction of universal benefits. New efforts at introducing proxy means test (PMT) under the Food and Nutrition Social Welfare Program and Project (FNSWPP), are attempting to help ensure that the reform agenda is sustained. The Draft Social Welfare Law of 2010 will be another measure of how far the reforms are accepted.