Sudan is discussing several scenarios such as cash transfers for poor people to ...
EL-FASHER, Sudan - Sudan is discussing several scenarios such as cash transfers for poor people to accompany planned subsidies for food and other basic goods, Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok said on Monday.
Shortages of bread, fuel and medicine coupled with hefty price rises brought people out in protest and led to the toppling of longtime ruler Omar al-Bashir in April. Hamdok told Reuters cash transfers were one scenario discussed to offset a cut in food and other subsidies.Hamdok gave no details but he said the plan included subsidies for drugs, medical services and education.
In September Hamdok’s government announced a nine-month economic rescue plan aimed at curbing rampant inflation while ensuring supplies of basic goods. The plan would keep bread and petroleum subsidies in place until at least June 2020.
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