Health Expenditure and Livelihoods Support Program

The program design and implementation benefited greatly from advisory support provided to the Department of Finance and Administration by the regional social protection TA funded by ADB in calibrating Social Protection Program measures. Financial and economic management, however, were hampered by gaps in statistics, notably on tax data. In addition, although the program aimed to prioritize coverage for women and girls in targeting assistance measures to safeguard their welfare, gaps in the collection of sex-disaggregated data and delays in onboarding Gender program coordinators disrupted the timeline for implementing some planned interventions.