Practice mode Income Inequality

The Benazir Income Support Programme is a good example of which type of benefit?

Correct answer C. A means-tested cash benefit

Explanation

Pakistan's Benazir Income Support Programme pays cash directly to women in poor households selected through a poverty scorecard survey. It is targeted by need and paid in money, not goods.

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