Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program

What is ASP in the Sahel?

Check out this new animation video by SASPP that explores how Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) works and its impacts in the Sahel. The video illustrates how ASP enables governments to invest in systems and programs that help households improve their livelihoods, prepare for climate change challenges, and better cope with shocks.

Strong Impacts of ASP in the Sahel

The powerful impacts of Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) in the Sahel are shown in this new infographic. ASP is proven to have strong positive impacts on various dimensions in the Sahel: such as program participants’ poverty levels, food insecurity, productivity and resilience; combined with significant broader impacts on the economy, society, and future generations.

Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program (SASPP) Annual Report 2024

The SASPP Annual Report 2024 covers the SASPP Results Framework and highlights key country and regional achievements, as well as future plans to support the strengthening of adaptive social protection in the Sahel.

Transforming lives in Mauritania through adaptive social protection

Mauritania is expanding and strengthening all aspects of adaptive social protection in the country - breaking the cycle of intergenerational poverty, boosting resilience, and investing in future generations - with direct impacts on the poorest and most vulnerable. Read this new feature story and learn how adaptive social protection is transforming lives in Mauritania.

Fragile contexts, strong partnership: supporting ASP in the Sahel

Stronger social protection systems and scaled-up adaptive national safety net programs are a critical piece of building resilience in the Sahel, helping to reinforce the social contract, tackle the root causes of fragility and reduce the need to resort to humanitarian responses.

Stress Testing Adaptive Social Protection Systems in the Sahel

Building on sustained dialogue with governments and partners, this report assesses the ability of existing systems to respond to shocks across six countries — Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and Senegal — by applying the Social Protection Stress Test Tool, developed by the World Bank.

Boosting opportunities for the most vulnerable: the Productive Social Safety ...

With productive social safety nets, Africa has a tool in the toolbox that is making a real difference in tackling the intertwined challenges of extreme poverty, vulnerability to climate change and fragility, and poor opportunities for young people.

Our program overview is now available

Download now this two pager overview exploring the SASPP multifaceted partnership! French version available on French site.

Foundations of Social Protection Delivery Systems now in French

Delivery systems are critical in deploying a robust basis for adaptive social protection programs. This book takes a practical stance and presents concrete opportunities for coordinating efforts and moving away from a siloed approach of building parallel systems.

Mapping the Country-Level Impact of Adaptive Social Protection in the Sahel

Explore the country-level impacts of adaptive social protection (ASP) programs in six countries across the Sahel in this SASPP series. Informed by rigorous, scientific studies using rich data, the results of these evaluations have, and continue to guide major national decisions on social protection policies:

Dynamic Social Registries for Adaptive Social Protection

Social registries are crucial to deploying social protection programs at scale. When social registries are dynamic — offering sufficient coverage and capable of being continuously updated — they provide vital data and information enabling adaptive social protection (ASP) programs to be more inclusive and shock-responsive. Learn more here:

Impact of Social Safety Nets in Fragility, Conflict, and Violence Settings

Learn the impacts of social safety nets on economic, social, and political outcomes in contexts of fragility, conflict, and violence (FCV). Gain key insights into maximizing the impact of ASP in FCV settings, including in the Sahel. This important research draws in part on evidence from Burkina Faso and Cameroon:

Applying a Mobility Lens to Social Protection in the Sahel

Across 5 countries in the Sahel, over 47 million people are internal migrants. What are the challenges social protection systems face in meeting the needs of people on the move in the Sahel? What are the opportunities for adapting social protection to be more responsive to internal migrants and mitigate the risks they face – before, during, and after internal migration? Find out more here:

How Does Social Protection Impact Social Cohesion in the Sahel?

New joint research by SASPP, UNICEF, and the World Food Programme (WFP) has identified the many linkages between social protection and social cohesion in the Sahel, and key entry points in social protection programs to improve social cohesion outcomes. Explore more here:

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Issue 7

Including a joint article by SASPP, UNICEF, and WFP on overcoming food security and nutrition road blocks in social protection, the who and how of the SASPP partnership, and Chad's new adaptive social protection program.

Issue 6

Including the SASPP 2024 Annual Report, new joint research with UNICEF and WFP exploring the impact of social protection on social cohesion in the Sahel, and a special section highlighting opportunities for applying a mobility lens to adaptive social protection in the Sahel.

Issue 5

Including a new animation explainer on ASP impacts in the region, technical publications, events, blogs, and a special section highlighting the work on partnerships.