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Key Messages
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The Palestinian National Cash Transfer Programme (PNCTP) is well targeted to reach the poorest households in Gaza and the West Bank.
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Children benefit from its effects on household economic strengthening, especially in terms of improved health and nutrition.
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However, the PNCTP is not child-focused, and other key dimensions of children’s right to social protection and a life free from poverty and vulnerability are not sufficiently addressed by the programme.
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The PNCTP could be more child-sensitive if it had stronger linkages to relevant complementary services that tackle children’s broader vulnerabilities.
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Key vulnerabilities facing children that require urgent attention and could be addressed by the PNCTP include: support to complete higher secondary school and beyond; protection from violence within the family, at school and in the wider community; investment in age-appropriate recreational activities for boys and girls; and more comprehensive care for children with disabilities.