Using Biometrics to Deliver Cash Payments to Women : Early Results From an Impact Evaluation in Pakistan - Evidence Note (English)

Pakistan’s Benazir Income Support Program (BISP) provides unconditional cash transfers to women in seven million of the country’s poorest households. Beginning in 2017, BISP adopted biometric verification as a part of its payment delivery system, which required female beneficiaries to collect funds in person and was accompanied by additional changes in payment point location and increased reliance on human cash-out agents. The goal of these reforms...

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Clark,Julia Michal;

Haseeb,Muhammad;

Jalal,Umm E Amen;

Siddiqi,Bilal Murtaza;

Vyborny, Kate;
Document Date
2022/03/01
Document Type
Brief
Report Number
170482
Volume No
1
Country
World,
Region
Other,
Disclosure Date
2022/04/15
Disclosure Status
Disclosed
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Using Biometrics to Deliver Cash Payments to Women : Early Results From an Impact Evaluation in Pakistan - Evidence Note

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English

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1W-Building Evidence on ID: Research and data collection -- P176341

Major Sector

FY17 - Public Administration

Theme

FY17 - Data Development and Capacity Building,FY17 - Data production, accessibility and use,FY17 - Public Administration,FY17 - Civil Registration and Identification

Sector

FY17 - Central Government (Central Agencies)

TF No/Name

TF0B5726-ID4D Research and data collection

Topics

Access to Finance for Women,Cash Transfers,Social Assistance,Targeting Access for Social Programs,Type of Benefits,

Unit Owning

ID4D/G2Px/DataInfra&Digital.Indu (IDD03)

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Final

Series Name

ID4D; Identification for Development; Evidence Note;

Product Line

Advisory Services & Analytics

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Clark,Julia Michal; Haseeb,Muhammad; Jalal,Umm E Amen; Siddiqi,Bilal Murtaza; Vyborny, Kate.

Using Biometrics to Deliver Cash Payments to Women : Early Results From an Impact Evaluation in Pakistan - Evidence Note (English). ID4D; Identification for Development; Evidence Note Washington, D.C. : World Bank Group. http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099155004142238180

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