Punjab's Female School Stipend Program
2016
This case study describes an educational cash transfer program in Punjab, Pakistan, that raised levels of girls’ schooling. The government of Punjab launched the Female School Stipend Program (FSSP) as part of a package of education reforms financed by the World Bank and other organizations in 2003. The program provided a families PKR600 (US$10) per quarter for each girl in grades 6 to 10 living in 15 districts with the lowest literacy rates. This case describes the design and impact of the program, which demonstrated improvement in girls’ schooling, raised marriage age, and reduced fertility.
This case study is part of Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health, a collection of case studies produced by the Center for Global Development that profiles 18 remarkable cases in which large-scale efforts to improve health in low- and middle-income countries succeeded, and 4 examples of promising interventions that fell short of their health targets when scaled-up in real world conditions. The cases featured on the website are shortened versions of the respective book chapters in the print edition.
Punjab's Female School Stipend Program
Source:
Glassman A, Temin M. Punjab’s Female School Stipend Program. Millions Saved: New Cases of Proven Success in Global Health. Center for Global Development 2016. http://millionssaved.cgdev.org/case-studies/punjabs-female-school-stipend-program.