Investor Presentaiton
NIGERIA CAN DELIVER A CASH TRANSFER TO POOR AND VULNERABLE
HOUSEHOLDS AS ONE ELEMENT OF A BROADER SOCIAL COMPACT
Using a robust targeting method and transparency based on digital payments
Registries cover 44 percent of all HHs, span across Nigeria, ... and targeting & transparency benefit from digital
and target the poor...
delivery
Percentage of households captured in the registry
80
Transfers align with
CBN's know-your-
customer
(KYC) requirements
Mobile wallets can
be set up for
recipients
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Rapid Response
Registry: 2.7M HH
וווווויייי
National Social
Registry, 15.7M HH
Biometric
verification
increasingly used
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1 - Least
wealthy
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Source: World Bank staff based on Smythe and Blumenstock (2022) and administrative registry
data from NASSCO.
NSR: National Social Registry, 15.7M households
RRR: Rapid Response Registry: 2.7M households
NIGERIA
THE WORLD BANK
IBRD⚫IDA
WORLD BANK GROUP
Savings from the subsidy can also be used for other
pro-poor service delivery (ex. health, education,
infrastructure)
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