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Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 17/01/2022 - 12:43
Selected Annotated Bibliography: Social Protection for Employment
Social protection has proven to be an effective instrument for reducing poverty. However, social protection alone cannot bring the poor people out of poverty sustainably. This is why many countries have linked social protection to...
Maya Ryandita
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Wed, 27/10/2021 - 11:40
Public Employment Initiatives and the COVID-19 Crisis
This document presents thirteen selected international experiences of Public Employment Programs or stimulus schemes and highlights the diverse shapes these programmes take in different contexts and parts of the world. These cases were...
Maya Ryandita
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Wed, 27/10/2021 - 11:31
Designing Active Labour Market Policies for the Recovery
Active labour market policies (ALMPs) that connect people to good jobs will help to promote an equitable and sustained recovery from the COVID‑19 crisis. Labour demand measures have been vital to preserve jobs in the short term and...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Tue, 28/09/2021 - 00:48
Webinar Presentation: Resilience Building and Adaptability of Graduation Approach: Experience of and Evidence from BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme in responding to COVID-19 Shocks in Bangladesh
Slide presentation of the webinar held on 31 August 2021 . This webinar shared evidence on the adaptability of and resilience built by the Graduation approach based on the experience of the Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programme of BRAC in...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 28/09/2021 - 00:47
Resilience Building and Adaptability of Graduation Approach: Experience of and Evidence from BRAC Ultra-Poor Graduation Programme in responding to COVID-19 Shocks in Bangladesh
This webinar shared evidence on the adaptability of and resilience built by the Graduation approach based on the experience of the Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) programme of BRAC in Bangladesh. This was the second webinar organised by SPEC...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Tue, 28/09/2021 - 00:43
Webinar presentation: Increased Resilience in the face of Covid-19: RCT results from the Graduation Program Emprendiendo una Vida Mejor in Honduras
Slide presentation of the webinar held on 29 June 2021 . In this webinar, the fresh results of the Emprendiendo una Vida Mejor RCT , a Graduation Program implemented through a partnership between the Government of Honduras, the IDB, and...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Tue, 28/09/2021 - 00:41
Increased Resilience in the face of Covid-19: RCT results from the Graduation Program Emprendiendo una Vida Mejor in Honduras
One year after the end of the Graduation Program Emprendiendo una Vida Mejor in Honduras, researchers went back to the field to collect the endline results of the program’s RCT (randomized controlled trial). However, during this one-year...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 07:43
Social Protection Podcast: Scaling up economic inclusion
Economic inclusion programmes typically target the poorest people and seek to address the many barriers to escaping poverty by providing multiple, complementary interventions. These generally include providing cash transfer assets, but...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 07:30
Webinar Presentation: Economic Inclusion and Covid-19 Response
The ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic is not a great equalizer – the poor and vulnerable are far worse hit. The third webinar in PEI's economic inclusion series explored how economic inclusion programs can help the extreme poor and vulnerable...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 30/04/2021 - 07:22
Economic Inclusion and Covid-19 Response
The ongoing COVID-19 Pandemic is not a great equalizer – the poor and vulnerable are far worse hit. The third webinar in PEI's economic inclusion series explored how economic inclusion programs can help the extreme poor and vulnerable...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 07:18
Webinar presentation: Economic Inclusion and the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) Jeevika
This webinar presented an overview of the Jeevika program in the state of Bihar. Jeevika is one of the world’s largest programs for strengthening rural financial inclusion and livelihoods and operates as part of India’s National Rural...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 07:11
Economic Inclusion and the National Rural Livelihoods Mission (NRLM) Jeevika
The webinar presented an overview of the Jeevika program in the state of Bihar. Jeevika is one of the world’s largest programs for strengthening rural financial inclusion and livelihoods and operates as part of India’s National Rural...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 07:07
Webinar presentation: The Adaptive Social Protection Program in Sahel
The Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program was launched in March 2014 to support the design and implementation of adaptive social protection programs and systems in six Sahel countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 06:58
The Adaptive Social Protection Program in Sahel
The Sahel Adaptive Social Protection Program was launched in March 2014 to support the design and implementation of adaptive social protection programs and systems in six Sahel countries: Burkina Faso, Chad, Mali, Mauritania, Niger, and...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 06:27
The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021: The Potential to Scale
The State of Economic Inclusion Report 2021 sheds light on one of the most intractable challenges faced by development policy makers and practitioners: transforming the economic lives of the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 06:21
Webinar presentation: Social Protection for Economic Inclusion: Adapting the Graduation Approach in Asia and the Pacific
ADB hosted an online event on social protection for economic inclusion, which centers on the graduation approach as a key strategy for addressing remaining poverty and reducing inequality in Asia and the Pacific. The keynote speaker was...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 30/04/2021 - 06:14
Social Protection for Economic Inclusion: Adapting the Graduation Approach in Asia and the Pacific
Video recording of ADB webinar held on 16 March 2021. ADB hosted an online event on social protection for economic inclusion, which centered on the graduation approach as a key strategy for addressing remaining poverty and reducing...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 30/04/2021 - 02:44
SPEC Webinar: Key Issues of Data Protection for Social Protection and Implications for Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Employment
Digital technologies are enabling a major shift in how social protection systems are designed and implemented and benefits and services delivered. They can bring various advantages and have the potential to accelerate processes, reduce...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 30/04/2021 - 02:37
Webinar Presentation: Key Issues of Data Protection for Social Protection and Implications for Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Employment
Digital technologies are enabling a major shift in how social protection systems are designed and implemented and benefits and services delivered. They can bring various advantages and have the potential to accelerate processes, reduce...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Tue, 23/02/2021 - 11:36
SPECletter: Infographics on employment generation programs
Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) is pleased to announce the publication of a series of 9 infographics on employment generation programs linked to social protection. These programs aim to boost productivity and income and...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/02/2021 - 11:35
SPECletter: Infographics on employment generation programs
Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) is pleased to announce the publication of a series of 9 infographics on employment generation programs linked to social protection. These programs aim to boost productivity and income and...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 08:24
SPEC Infographic Series: Jóvenes en Acción – Colombia
Jóvenes en Acción provides cash assistance to poor and vulnerable youths between 16 and 24 years to undertake technical, vocational, and academic education to improve employability. It closely coordinates with Peru’s conditional cash...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 08:19
SPEC Infographic Series: Haku Wiñay/Noa Jayatai – Peru
Haku Wiñay (We Will Grow) in Peru provides technical assistance and training to rural households, complemented with capital to develop enterprises. It provides financial education to the participants and helps them access financial...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 08:14
SPEC Infographic Series: Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) – Ethiopia
Ethiopia’s PSNP is one of the largest social safety net programs in Africa. It supports the rural food insecure families in improving livelihoods and building resilience to shocks. PSNP engages able-bodied members of eligible households in...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 07:46
SPEC Infographic Series: Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP) - South Africa
South Africa’s EPWP has created over eight million employment opportunities for low skilled and poor unemployed people. Unlike conventional public works program, EPWP diversifies the work opportunities in four sectors: infrastructure, non-...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 07:17
SPEC Infographic Series: National Poverty Graduation Initiative (NPGI) - Pakistan
NPGI, in collaboration with Pakistan’s national cash transfer program, provides a package of support to rural poor people including asset creation, interest-free loans, skills training, and business development to graduate them out of...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 07:09
SPEC Infographic Series: Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act (MGNREGA) – India
MGNREGA is the largest public employment program in the world. It is an entitlement based program and offers 100-days of wage employment in a year to any rural households that demands work. In 2018-2019, it employed 52 million people. This...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 07:00
SPEC Infographic Series: Ultra-Poor Graduation (UPG) Program – Bangladesh
The UPG Program (formerly known as Targeting the Ultra Poor (TUP) program) is a comprehensive and time-bound program that combines a sequenced set of interventions to graduate people out of ultra-poverty. Pioneered by BRAC in Bangladesh,...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:30
SPEC Infographic Series: Pre-Employment Card Program (Program Kartu Prakerja) – Indonesia
Recently launched, Indonesia’s Pre-Employment Card Program provides an opportunity to undertake online skill development courses to improve employability. The program covers tuition fees, provides a cash transfer to the participants as an...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 11/02/2021 - 06:22
SPEC Infographic Series: Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) – Philippines
SLP supports capacity building of the poor families of the Philippines, especially the beneficiaries of the flagship conditional cash transfer program. It offers opportunities for skills training and provides seed capital for micro-...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 18/05/2020 - 08:28
Supporting workers’ transition to a new normal amid COVID-19
This blog discusses some steps recommended for the transition phase from the lockdowns to a ‘new normal’. The steps include moving from the current stimulus packages to support innovations and shifting from wage subsidies for workers to...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 11:36
COVID-19 and social protection needs: Who are the most vulnerable?
Covid-19 has created a multi-layered crisis in societies across the world. Apart from the devastating direct effects of the pandemic on those infected and their families, health systems, economies, education, social life and psychological...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 11:31
How are the incomes of women and men affected by COVID-19 (Coronavirus)?
This blog discusses how women are disproportionately impacted with regard to livelihoods and work. It also discusses what social protection programs are reaching the informal sector and are more likely to protect female workers. This is...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 11:22
Digital public works – a viable policy option for the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) jobs crisis?
This blog discusses how public works can be modernized using digital technology to leverage access for low-income households and communities. It suggests that governments could start designing digital public works that are “click ready”...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 11:10
"Suspended until further notice”: Is there a role for public works in COVID-19 (Coronavirus) response?
Public works will be important in supporting informal workers following the COVID-19 crisis. But at this stage of the pandemic, because of social distancing, governments are considering either suspending public works or waiving work...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 11:05
Unemployment insurance in the time of crisis – and beyond
This blog looks at how unemployment insurance (UI) can help to mitigate the income loss of fired workers and discusses why developing countries without unemployment insurance systems should consider establishing them. This is the sixth...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 10:55
Prioritising jobs during COVID-19 (Coronavirus) in the Middle East and North Africa
Digital technologies offer a new way of delivering social assistance safely, even during contagion. Advances in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) will facilitate the “digitization” of social assistance measures, which helps...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 10:31
How can cash transfers support informal-sector workers in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis?
This blog discusses the role of cash transfer programs in the COVID-19 response in relation to informal-sector workers. It reviews countries' experiences in implementing and adapting the cash transfer programs, as well as targeting the...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 09:46
Where there’s no unemployment insurance: The public works response to livelihood shocks
This blog discusses the crucial role of safety nets for protecting informal workers and their families in the face of the COVID-19 crisis, especially in Low-Income Countries (LIC) settings. It highlights that labor-intensive public works...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 09:17
How wage subsidies can help workers stay home and reduce the long-term unemployment effects of the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis
This blog discusses the role of a particularly important tool that many governments have already adopted to help firms to avoid job destruction in the COVID-19 crisis: large scale wage subsidies. It looks at the potential of wage subsidies...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 08:47
Protecting workers by supporting firms in the COVID-19 (Coronavirus) crisis
COVID-19 (Coronavirus) is wreaking havoc on firms, which face a triple shock. Firms could face financial shock, as increased risk and uncertainty block their access to working capital and trade finance, just when they most need it. This...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 08:05
COVID-19 – Job creation through employment intensive public works programmes
This note was developed by the Employment-Intensive Investment Programme (EIIP) of the International Labour Organization (ILO) to promote the design and implementation of short-term emergency employment programmes and longer-term...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 07:54
Adjusting labour practices in employment-intensive works in response to COVID-19
This Guidance offers recommendations on preventive and mitigation measures to be taken on employment-intensive works being implemented during the current COVID-19 crisis, as well as in the aftermath of the crisis when the virus remains a...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 07:44
Impact of lockdown measures on the informal economy
As of April 2020, it is estimated that almost 1.6 billion informal economy workers are significantly impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, leading to a 60 percent decline in their earnings. For most of the 2 billion workers and business...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 07:33
Coping with double casualties: How to support the working poor in low-income countries in response to COVID-19
This brief looks into the possible impact that the COVID-19 pandemic may have on the working poor in low-income countries (LICs) and in countries facing fragility or the aftermath of a conflict or disaster. In particular, it reviews...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 11/05/2020 - 07:18
COVID-19 crisis and the informal economy : Immediate responses and policy challenges
This policy brief focuses on the immediate responses that countries can take to address the consequences of the Covid-19 pandemic on the informal economy at its early stages, while pointing to areas that will need sustained investment in...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 08/05/2020 - 11:42
The impact of the COVID-19 on the informal economy in Africa and the related policy responses
Africa’s response to the COVID-19 pandemic is just beginning to take shape. While the delayed spread of the Coronavirus has given the continent some preparatory head time, the varying economic, social and political contexts are making it...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 08/05/2020 - 11:28
A “New Deal” for Informal Workers in Asia
Informal workers represent around 80 percent of labour force in some of the Asian countries who are one of the most affected groups by the COVID 19 shutdowns. This blog recommends policy responses that prioritise expanding health coverage...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 08/05/2020 - 11:08
Webinar Presentation - Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses
Slide presentation of the webinar held on 28 April 2020 . This webinar aimed at highlighting the specific challenges that the COVID-19 crisis brings along for formal sector workers, on the one hand, and at presenting policy options in the...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 08/05/2020 - 11:06
Impacts of COVID-19 on formal sector workers: (potential) social protection and employment responses
This webinar aimed at highlighting the specific challenges that the COVID-19 crisis brings along for formal sector workers, on the one hand, and at presenting policy options in the field of social protection and employment to address them...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 08/05/2020 - 11:00
Webinar Presentation - Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on employment: (potential) solutions for informal/self-employed workers
Slide presentation of the webinar held on 21 April 2020 . This webinar aimed to discuss how the different groups of informal workers and self-employed are being impacted by the current economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 08/05/2020 - 10:56
Impacts of the COVID-19 crisis on employment: (potential) solutions for informal/ self-employed workers
This webinar aimed to discuss how the different groups of informal workers and self-employed are being impacted by the current economic crisis caused by the COVID-19 pandemic. Moreover, the different social protection responses to these...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Mon, 02/03/2020 - 07:13
Strengthening Economic Opportunities For Family Hope Program Families: A Summary
The Family Hope Program (PKH) is a conditional cash transfer program launched by the Government of Indonesia in 2007. Since then its beneficiary coverage has reached 10 million families with the goal of reducing intergenerational poverty...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 28/02/2020 - 09:39
Strengthening Economic Opportunities For Program Keluarga Harapan Families: A Case Study of Four Districts in Java (Bahasa version)
The Family Hope Program (PKH) is a conditional cash transfer program launched by the Government of Indonesia in 2007. Since then its beneficiary coverage has reached 10 million families with the goal of reducing intergenerational poverty...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 21/02/2020 - 08:11
Strengthening Economic Opportunities For Program Keluarga Harapan Families: A Case Study of Four Districts in Java
The Family Hope Program (PKH) is a conditional cash transfer program launched by the Government of Indonesia in 2007. Since then its beneficiary coverage has reached 10 million families with the goal of reducing intergenerational poverty...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 09:19
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes – Presentation 8 – Global Alliances for Social Protection II: partnerships in social protection
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 09:10
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes – Presentation 7 – Employment Generation Inclusive Social Program Trabaja Peru
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 09:03
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes - Presentation 6 – Social Protection Systems in Nepal and Prime Minister Employment Programme (PMEP)
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 08:58
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes - Presentation 5 – Ethiopian Rural Productive Safety Net Program
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 08:30
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes - Presentation 4 - Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) 2005
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 08:27
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes - Presentation 3 - Public Employment Programmes and their application in climate-related shock: Malawi Social Action Fund (MASAF) Public Works Programme
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 08:09
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes - Presentation 2 - Public Employment Programmes and their application in climate-related shocks: MGNREGA from India
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit: the Indo-German Project...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 22/08/2019 - 07:56
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes - Presentation 1 - Reflections on the adaptiveness of public works programmes: Conceptual framework, caveats and practical evidence
Global Practitioners Knowledge Exchange on Public Employment Programmes and their Application in Adaptive Social Protection was co-hosted by two programmes of the Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ): the Indo-German...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Fri, 09/08/2019 - 08:08
Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia: Presentation on Strengthening the Livelihoods of PKH Beneficiary Families
Widjajanti Isdijoso, Director of the SMERU Research Institute, presented the results of a study conducted by SMERU and supported by Cardno (through MAHKOTA Program - DFAT). The objective of this study is to develop recommendations on...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 09/08/2019 - 04:39
Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia: Presentation on Adapting Ultra-Poor Graduation: BRAC’s Lessons Learned
Lauren Whitehead, Director of Technical Assistance for Ultra-Poor Graduation Initiative - BRAC USA, shared her knowledge and experience of working with BRAC in implementing graduation model globally. Following her presentation on the...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 08/08/2019 - 10:02
Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia: Presentation on Productive Inclusion and Cash Transfer Programs: The Experience from Latin America
Tatiana Rincón, Vice President of Social and Livelihood Promotion - Fundación Capital, presented how productive inclusion and cash transfer programs are being implemented in Latin America, particularly in Colombia, Mexico, Paraguay, and...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Thu, 08/08/2019 - 09:27
Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia: Presentation on Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines Graduation Pilot
Adeline T. De Castro from the Department of Labor and Employment (DOLE) of the Philippines presented the country's graduation pilot at the livelihood conference in 2019. She explained how the government of the Philippines implements a...
Maya Ryandita
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Wed, 07/08/2019 - 09:45
Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia: Presentation on the Paraguayan Productive Inclusion Case
Leticia Mengual from the Government of Paraguay presented the country's experience in linking social protection with livelihood interventions. Paraguay has implemented a productive inclusion program, with main components of consumption...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 11/06/2019 - 09:27
Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia: Video of the International Session
Indonesia implements a number of employment, enterprise, and training programs designed to contribute to employment generation. A knowledge gap exists on whether such schemes respond to the employment needs of the poorest families. With...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/06/2019 - 05:58
Stepping up Skills in Urban Ghana: Snapshot of the STEP Skills Measurement Survey
Skills Toward Employment and Productivity (STEP) is the World Bank’s first ever initiative to assess cognitive, work-related, and socioemotional skills in low and middle-income countries by conducting surveys to provide a better...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/06/2019 - 05:53
Skills and the Future of Work Strategies for Inclusive Growth in Asia and the Pacific
Asia and the Pacific region is a vast and diverse region that is currently subject to rapid and tremendous change in its economies and the work that people do. This paper have therefore compiled a wide-ranging set of discussions, analyses...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/06/2019 - 05:50
Youth Training Programs Beyond Employment. Experimental Evidence from Argentina
Entra21 is a job training program for low income youth in Cordoba, Argentina. The program includes life-skills, vocational training, and internship with private sector employers. The paper indicates that the program does not only result in...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/06/2019 - 05:47
Vocational Training Programs and Youth Labor Market Outcomes: Evidence from Nepal
This paper examines a large youth training intervention in Nepal. The authors find that the intervention generated an increase in non-farm employment. Low baseline educational attainment levels, low levels of non-farm employment levels,...
Maya Ryandita
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Wed, 29/05/2019 - 08:06
Learning and Earning: Evidence from a Randomized Evaluation in India
This paper estimates the short-and-medium-run effects of participating in a subsidised vocational training program aimed at improving labor market outcomes of women residing in low-income households in a developing country. In the short-...
Maya Ryandita
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Wed, 29/05/2019 - 07:58
The Effects of Skill Training on Livelihoods: Evidence from BRAC’s Intervention on School Dropout Adolescence
BRAC, a Bangladesh based international NGO, initiated Skill Training for Advancing Resources (STAR) program in 2012 to help school-dropouts get employment. The STAR program provides theoretical (in-class) as well as practical (on-the-job)...
Maya Ryandita
added a Community document
Wed, 29/05/2019 - 07:54
Interventions to Improve the Labour Market Outcomes of Youth: A Systematic Review
The aim of this systematic review was to investigate the impact of youth employment interventions on the labour market outcomes of young people. The interventions under review comprised training and skills development, entrepreneurship...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 27/05/2019 - 08:39
J-PAL Youth Initiative Review Paper
This report highlights that early investments in children for cognitive skills (e.g forming concepts, reasoning, problem-solving, mental processing speed and long and short-term memory) are viewed as particularly valuable in that cognitive...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 27/05/2019 - 08:35
Generating Employment in Poor and Fragile States: Evidence from Labor Market and Entrepreneurship Programs
In this paper, Blattman and Ralston argue that skills training and microfinance have shown little impact on poverty or stability, especially relative to program cost. There are very few examples of evaluated programs that have had positive...
Maya Ryandita
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Wed, 15/05/2019 - 10:28
All Materials of International Learning Event: Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia, Jakarta, 15 May 2019
All Materials of International Learning Event: Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Livelihoods: The Way Forward for Indonesia, Jakarta, 15 May 2019 Indonesia implements a number of employment, enterprise, and training programs...
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Tue, 09/04/2019 - 04:10
SPEC Letter: Skills Development and Labour Market Outcomes
This is the fifth issue of SPEC Letter. The focus of this issue is skills development. The field of skills development is broad. Our interest is in skill development for the poorest people and the participants of the social/cash transfer...
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Tue, 26/03/2019 - 04:57
Productive Safety Nets for Women in Extreme Poverty: Lessons from Pilot Projects in India and Pakistan
Conventional government schemes and microfinance interventions have struggled to reach the poorest people and help them escape the confines of extreme poverty. In response, BRAC, Bangladesh’s largest non-governmental organisation (NGO),...
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Fri, 18/01/2019 - 04:08
2018 State of the Sector: Synthesis Report
Based on a survey of graduation implementations conducted by Partnership for Economic Inclusion (PEI) from July to September of 2017, this report demonstrates an analysis around graduation actors, graduation as a driver of change, as well...
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Fri, 18/01/2019 - 03:58
World Development Report 2019: The Changing Nature of Work
This Report emphasizes the primacy of human capital in meeting a challenge that, by its very definition, resists simple and prescriptive solutions. The World Bank’s new human capital index, presented in this study for the first time,...
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Thu, 17/01/2019 - 04:51
Adapting the Graduation Approach to Urban Contexts: Theory and Practice
Historically, Concern Worldwide’s experience of implementing the graduation approach comes from rural contexts. However, they are increasingly adapting the approach to urban settings. This document sets out considerations for program...
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Thu, 17/01/2019 - 04:49
Integrating Extremely Poor Producers into Markets Field Guide
The Field Guide focuses on equipping practitioners to more effectively reach the extremely poor and facilitate them to move up the economic ladder and out of extreme poverty and hunger. It provides the field-level practitioner with tools...
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Thu, 17/01/2019 - 04:47
Boosting Productive Employment in Africa: What Works and Why?
This synthesis seeks to capture an emerging consensus on the productive employment challenge in Africa and the key short-term and long-term interventions (policies and programs) required for creating employment and improving employability.
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Thu, 17/01/2019 - 03:17
Sources on SPEC
Community Charter: English version / Spanish version SPECletter: Infographic series on employment generation programs related to social protection Resource Matrix for accessing to over 200 publications: Resource Matrix on publications on...
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Wed, 16/01/2019 - 07:24
Summary of Webinar: Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing Experiences from Asia and Africa
SPEC, in partnership with BRAC USA and the World Bank’s Platform for Economic Inclusion (PEI) organised the 8th SPEC webinar on how governments globally are integrating the graduation approach into their social protection and employment...
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Wed, 16/01/2019 - 07:21
SPEC Webinar Presentation Slides: Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing Experiences from Asia and Africa
SPEC, in partnership with BRAC USA and the World Bank’s Platform for Economic Inclusion (PEI) organised the 8th SPEC webinar on how governments globally are integrating the graduation approach into their social protection and employment...
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Wed, 16/01/2019 - 07:19
SPEC Webinar Video: Integrating the Graduation Approach with Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs: Sharing Experiences from Asia and Africa
SPEC, in partnership with BRAC USA and the World Bank’s Platform for Economic Inclusion (PEI) organised the 8th SPEC webinar on how governments globally are integrating the graduation approach into their social protection and employment...
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Wed, 16/01/2019 - 07:17
Targeting the Ultra Poor Program Brief: Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty
BRAC pioneered the Targeting the Ultra Poor program (TUP) in 2002 in response to extreme poverty. The program has served 1.77 million extreme poor households in Bangladesh since its inception, instilling socioeconomic resilience, as well...
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Wed, 16/01/2019 - 07:10
Graduation into Sustainable Livelihoods: What’s in a Name?
The authors find that the term “graduation” is often misunderstood. At times, this leads to confusion about the approach. The term “graduation” was adopted because it implies moving people beyond a point where the likelihood of slipping...
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Tue, 15/01/2019 - 10:05
BRAC Targeting the Ultra Poor Program
Anna Minj, Director of Community Empowerment, Integrated Development & Targeting the Ultra Poor of BRAC, presented the TUP program implemented in Bangladesh. The presentation was delivered as part of the International Growth Centre (...
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Tue, 15/01/2019 - 10:02
Building Stable Livelihoods for the Ultra-Poor
This bulletin summarizes the results from seven randomized evaluations of the Graduation approach, a multifaceted livelihood program for the ultra-poor. This particular approach was designed by BRAC and has since been adapted in eight...
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Tue, 15/01/2019 - 08:40
Making Sustainable Reductions in Extreme Poverty: A Comparative Meta-Analysis of Livelihood, Cash Transfer and Graduation Approaches
This paper compares the cost-effectiveness of three strands of social protection interventions: livelihood development programs, lump sum unconditional cash transfers and Graduation programs. It concludes that graduation approach has the...
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Tue, 15/01/2019 - 08:34
Leaving It Behind: How to Rescue People from Deep Poverty—and Why the Best Methods Work
BRAC came up with a scheme to help the ultra-poor. The aim is to help women “graduate” from extreme poverty to the normal kind—as Sir Fazle puts it, “to help them back into the mainstream of poor people”. Then, perhaps, they can start...
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Mon, 14/01/2019 - 04:40
From Extreme Poverty to Sustainable Livelihoods: A Technical Guide to the Graduation Approach
This Technical Guide provides a roadmap for those wishing to implement programs based on the graduation approach—an integrated, carefully sequenced, multi-dimensional intervention to address extreme poverty. On the lessons learned from...
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Mon, 14/01/2019 - 04:29
Qualitative Research on the Impacts of Social Protection Programs on Decent Rural Employment: A Research Guide
The Social Protection and Decent Rural Employment research program of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) has grown out of the Social Protection Division’s research platform, “From Protection to Production”...
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Mon, 14/01/2019 - 04:25
Institutional Moral Hazard in the Multi-Tiered Regulation of Unemployment and Social Assistance Benefits and Activation: A Summary of Eight Country Case Studies
This paper studied eight countries in which the regulation of unemployment benefits and related benefits (notably social assistance for able-bodied adults) and the concomitant activation of unemployed individuals has a multi-tiered...
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Mon, 14/01/2019 - 04:09
Social Protection through Work in Lower-Income Countries: An Assessment Framework
This document demonstrates how extending social protection to the rural population in lower-income countries is a global priority, with both workfare and welfare playing significant roles. The authors argue that although workfare schemes...
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Wed, 09/01/2019 - 04:40
The ISPA Public Works Assessment Tool: User Experiences from Tanzania
The second session of the "ISPA Public Works Assessment Tool" webinars, continuing the ISPA Webinar Series, provided a presentation on the process of initiation, implementation, results, reception, and impact of an ISPA Assessment of the...
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Wed, 09/01/2019 - 04:31
An Introduction to the ISPA Public Works Assessment Tool
The first session of the "ISPA Public Works Assessment Tool" webinars presented a general introduction to the development of the Tool and how it can help national and global stakeholders assess the performance of public works programs in a...
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Wed, 09/01/2019 - 04:28
Does India’s Employment Guarantee Scheme Guarantee Employment?
In 2005 India introduced the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA). Analysis of data from India’s National Sample Survey for 2009/10 reveals considerable unmet demand for work in all states. The authors confirm...
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Wed, 09/01/2019 - 04:24
Chairperson’s Summary of Expert Meeting on Building Social Safety Nets for Employment: Strategies in Asia
The Ministry of Health, Labour and Welfare of Japan (MHLW) organised an Expert Meeting on “Building Social Safety Nets for Employment—Strategies in Asia—” from Monday, 21 to Tuesday, 22 February 2011 at the Toki Messe (Niigata, Japan), in...
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Wed, 09/01/2019 - 04:17
Bangladesh: Employment Generation for the Poorest
Twice a year before the harvests, there is a shortage of employment opportunities in rural Bangladesh. In these times, thousands of daily laborers find it difficult to survive on the little work available and suffer from seasonal hunger...
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Tue, 08/01/2019 - 03:57
Safety Net Programs as Social Protection - A Case Study in Bangladesh
This paper delineated one of the Social Safety Net Programs, naming ‘Employment Generation Program for the Poorest (EGPP)’. It explored the effectiveness at the recipient level and identified the gaps that were acting as hindrance to the...
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Tue, 08/01/2019 - 03:53
The Contribution of the Chars Livelihoods Program and the Vulnerable Group Development Program to Social Inclusion in Bangladesh: Country Briefing
This study examined the impacts of CLP and VGD on four dimensions of social exclusion: (1) livelihood and economic opportunities; (2) food security; (3) participation in the community and perceptions of social relations; and (4) state-...
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Tue, 08/01/2019 - 03:48
Does Workfare Work Well? The Case of the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest in Bangladesh
This paper uses accessibility to local banks as an instrumental variable to identify the Employment Generation Program for the Poorest (EGPP)’s impacts on rural social assistance beneficiaries. Based on locality-by-time fixed effects...
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Tue, 08/01/2019 - 03:44
Social Safety Net Programs in Bangladesh: A Review
The review indicates that Social Safety Net Programs in Bangladesh have led to increased school enrolment and attendance especially among girls in secondary schools and closing the gender gap, additional employment generation, provision of...
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Tue, 08/01/2019 - 03:37
“Cash Plus” Country Case Studies: Transfer Project Workshop, 6-8 April 2016
During the Transfer Project workshop, which was held 6-8 April 2016, a number of country case studies were presented including planned and ongoing interventions that complement social cash transfer programs. These case studies have been...
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Mon, 07/01/2019 - 04:39
Assets, ‘Asset-ness’ and Graduation
Asset-based approaches – usually involving asset transfers and/or asset building – are increasingly central to thinking about poverty alleviation, social protection, graduation and livelihood resilience. Although the notion of assets is...
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Mon, 07/01/2019 - 04:37
Is Graduation from Social Safety Nets Possible? Evidence from Sub-Saharan Africa
This article provides a cross-country reflection of the potential effects of social cash transfers on graduation, drawing from impact evaluation results of cash transfer programs in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho and Zambia. The authors find that...
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Mon, 07/01/2019 - 04:34
Evidence on Graduation in Practice: Concern Worldwide's Graduation Program in Rwanda
This article examines graduation impacts of social protection programs in Africa, by presenting evidence from an interim evaluation of the ‘Enhancing the Productive Capacity of Extremely Poor People’ project, implemented by Concern...
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Mon, 07/01/2019 - 04:31
Evaluating Graduation: Insights from the Vision 2020 Umurenge Program in Rwanda
This article examines poverty reduction arising from the Vision 2020 Umurenge Program (VUP) by comparing the status of households receiving benefits for the first time in 2014 against households which received benefits in previous years...
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Mon, 07/01/2019 - 03:52
Graduating the Ultra Poor in Peru
While many credit and training programs have not been successful at raising income levels for these ultra-poor households, recent support for livelihoods programs has spurred interest in evaluating whether comprehensive “big push”...
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Fri, 04/01/2019 - 04:19
Sustaining Graduation: A Review of the CLM Program in Haiti
The Haitian NGO Fonkoze, with the support of Concern Worldwide, has been implementing the Chemin Lavi Miyo (CLM) Graduation program since June 2007 which targets the extreme poor in Haiti. Early results were promising, but questions...
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Fri, 04/01/2019 - 04:15
Graduating the Ultra Poor in Ethiopia
While many credit and training programs have not been successful at raising income levels for these ultra-poor households, recent support for livelihoods programs has spurred interest in evaluating whether comprehensive “big push”...
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Fri, 04/01/2019 - 04:11
Challenges of Measuring Graduation in Rwanda
This article highlights two issues related to targeting and graduation: (1) the difficulty in identifying the poor/non-poor and ranking the population using community participatory techniques; and (2) the sensitivity of eligibility...
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Fri, 04/01/2019 - 04:04
Graduation Model Ecuador
In line with its commitment to finding durable solutions for displaced populations by linking them to existing services and mechanisms, the UNHCR and partner HIAS-with technical support from BRAC and Trickle Up, in January 2015, officially...
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Fri, 04/01/2019 - 03:58
Sector Scan of TUP Enterprises: Identifying Determinants of Sustainability
During the pilot phase of the CFPR-TUP between 2002-3, six enterprises were selected to offer to TUP members- cage rearing of poultry, dairy cow rearing, goat rearing, vegetable cultivation, horticulture nursery and non- farm enterprises...
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Thu, 03/01/2019 - 04:35
The Chars Livelihoods Program in Bangladesh: Factors that Enable, Constrain and Sustain Graduation
As with other poverty reduction programs in Bangladesh, Chars Livelihoods program's (CLP's) success is partly judged using the concept of graduation. Defining graduation and how to actually measure it has generated significant debate. This...
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Thu, 03/01/2019 - 04:33
Exit or Developmental Impact? The Role of ‘Graduation’ in Social Protection Programs
Appropriately designed and effectively implemented, a ‘graduation’ approach can sustainably promote dynamic outcomes, with inclusive economic expansion reinforcing poverty reduction, which in turn contributes to further growth and...
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Thu, 03/01/2019 - 04:30
Graduating from Social Protection? Editorial Introduction
This Editorial Introduction reviews alternative conceptualisations of graduation, summarises the evidence on impacts from several project evaluations presented in the IDS Bulletin, and discusses key aspects of design and implementation and...
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Thu, 03/01/2019 - 04:29
Graduating from Social Protection?
This is a presentation of exciting work on the conceptualisation and practice of graduation programs across several countries and diverse contexts, describing what graduation is, how it works, and how to do it.
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Thu, 03/01/2019 - 04:26
Graduating the Ultra Poor in Ghana
While many credit and training programs have not been successful at raising income levels for these ultra-poor households, recent support for livelihoods programs has spurred interest in evaluating whether comprehensive “big push”...
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Mon, 31/12/2018 - 04:15
Final Evaluation of the Unleashing the Productive Capacity of the Extreme Poor Graduation Program
This is the final evaluation of the Unleashing the Productive Capacity of the Extreme Poor Graduation Program implemented in Rwanda. The graduation program targeting the extreme poor with labour capacity forms a major part of the current...
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Mon, 31/12/2018 - 03:58
Unleashing the Capacities of Vulnerable Households: Concern Worldwide’s Graduation Program in Rwanda
Concern launched a program called ‘Enhancing the Productive Capacity of Extremely Poor People’, also known as the ‘Graduation program’, in two districts of southern Rwanda – Huye and Nyaruguru – in May 2011. The program supports extremely...
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Mon, 31/12/2018 - 03:53
Executive Summary of Employment Generation for the Hardcore Poor and National Service: Challenges of Effective Implementation
Developing and least developed countries suffer from a high rate of unemployment and poverty. Additionally, they are vulnerable to external shocks and natural disasters. Given the resource constraint, it is difficult for governments of...
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Mon, 31/12/2018 - 03:50
The Impact of Variations of Ultra-Poor Graduation Programming in Uganda
Innovations for Poverty Action conducted a randomized evaluation to test the impacts of diverse components and variants of the Village Enterprise microenterprise program, an integrated poverty alleviation intervention that provides poor...
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Mon, 31/12/2018 - 03:47
Graduation Model Event: Overview of Discussions
Results from studies on graduation programs in Burgundi and Rwanda conducted by the Institute of Development Studies (IDS) and Concern were launched on 25 October 2016. Three presentations from Alice Simington, former Country Director for...
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Fri, 28/12/2018 - 06:47
Ultra Poor Graduation Pilots: Spanning the Gap between Charity and Microfinance
This paper discusses the origin and impact of the Ultra Poor Graduation Program that BRAC launched in 2002 when it noticed that ultra-poor households were not benefiting from its microfinance program. In 2006, CGAP and the Ford Foundation...
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Fri, 28/12/2018 - 04:53
Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA): A Tool for Employment Generation
This study is an empirical study which aims to examine the impact of MGNREGA in generating employment to poor in selected districts in India. Data have been collected through personal interview and analyzed with the application of linear...
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Fri, 28/12/2018 - 04:44
Graduating the Ultra Poor in Honduras
While many credit and training programs have not been successful at raising income levels for these ultra-poor households, recent support for livelihoods programs has spurred interest in evaluating whether comprehensive “big push”...
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Fri, 28/12/2018 - 04:38
What Development Experts are Saying about Graduation Programs
The BOMA Project’s Rural Entrepreneur Access Project in Kenya developed independently of BRAC but it shares many common elements with the graduation program developed by BRAC.
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Fri, 28/12/2018 - 04:32
Graduating the Ultra Poor in India
While many credit and training programs have not been successful at raising income levels for these ultra-poor households, recent support for livelihoods programs has spurred interest in evaluating whether comprehensive “big push”...
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Mon, 24/12/2018 - 09:39
Systematic Review of the Impact of Employment Guarantee Schemes and Cash Transfers on the Poor
This systematic review identifies and synthesizes the current evidence on employment guarantee schemes (EGSs) and cash transfers (CTs) in order to assess the effectiveness of these interventions in terms of poverty outcomes for the poor in...
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Mon, 24/12/2018 - 09:36
Eliminating Extreme Poverty: Comparing the Cost-Effectiveness of Livelihood, Cash Transfer, and Graduation Approaches
This paper compares the cost-effectiveness of three strands of anti-poverty social protection interventions by reviewing 30 livelihood development programs, 11 lump-sum unconditional cash transfers, and seven graduation programs. Impacts...
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Mon, 24/12/2018 - 09:33
The Power of Hope is Real
Evidence is overwhelming that aid can overcome disease, boost literacy and save lives. But raising incomes is trickier--and the evidence in that arena has been squishier. Now that's changing. A vast randomised trial involving 21,000 people...
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Mon, 24/12/2018 - 09:29
Graduating the Ultra Poor in Pakistan
While many credit and training programs have not been successful at raising income levels for these ultra-poor households, recent support for livelihoods programs has spurred interest in evaluating whether comprehensive “big push”...
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Wed, 19/12/2018 - 08:14
Ultra-Poor Graduation Model Results Show More Than Just Cash is Needed
Village Enterprise’s approach to reducing poverty was put to test recently with the release of results from an independent evaluation of the organization’s programming conducted by Innovations for Poverty Action, or IPA, a research and...
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Wed, 19/12/2018 - 07:59
Study on the First Phase of the 100-Day Employment Generation Program
In September 2008, the Government of Bangladesh embarked on the first phase of a 100-day Employment Generation program (EGP) for the poorest and jobless poor. The outcome of the first phase of this program is encouraging with a majority of...
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Wed, 19/12/2018 - 07:31
Improving Livelihood Using Livestock: Impact Evaluation of 'Targeting Ultra-Poor' Program in Afganistan
This paper evaluates ‘ultra-poor graduation pilot' implemented by BRAC in Afghanistan. The authors find that participating households have successfully utilised the livestock received from the program to increase employment and income...
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Wed, 19/12/2018 - 07:17
Sustainable Livelihood Program: Physical Accomplishment Report (As of June 2018)
This document reports the number of households participated in the SLP program from CY 2011 to 2018 and from January to June 2018. It disaggregates the data by regions, program tracks (Microenterprise Development and Employment...
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Wed, 19/12/2018 - 07:11
Implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program
This memorandum describes the implementation of Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP), particularly its five major stages: (1) Pre-implementation; (2) Social Preparation; (3) Resource mobilization; (4) Project implementation; (5) Program...
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Tue, 18/12/2018 - 09:39
Graduation-Based Social Protection for Cambodia's Extreme Poor
This study explores the potential of so-called graduation packages, which consist of a combination of transfers of productive assets, vocational training, and cash payments. The results confirm the efficiency of interventions that include...
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Tue, 18/12/2018 - 09:35
Productive Safety Net Program Phase IV Program Implementation Manual
This Manual is the final source of guidance on program concepts, objectives, principles, and procedures. It outlines a number of major design changes have been introduced to the PSNP. This is the overall program manual, and as such it...
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Tue, 18/12/2018 - 09:14
DSWD Steps Up Implementation of Its Livelihood Program for Poor Filipinos
As part of its reinforced commitment to alleviate poverty and empower the disadvantaged sectors through the provision of appropriate interventions, the Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) continues to implement the...
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Tue, 18/12/2018 - 09:04
PSA Enjoins Support to the Impact Evaluation Survey of the Sustainable Livelihood Program
On 4 June 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance to the conduct of the Impact Evaluation Survey of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). The survey...
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Mon, 17/12/2018 - 10:36
Social Protection and Economic Growth in Pacific Island Countries
This research paper assesses the potential role of social protection in stimulating economic growth and employment, and enabling Pacific Island Countries (PICs) to better cope with local impacts of global economic shocks. Global evidence...
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Mon, 17/12/2018 - 10:31
Social Protection and Economic Growth in Pacific Island Countries (Short Thematic Brief)
This brief describes the research paper—‘Social protection and economic growth in Pacific Island countries’—assesses the potential role of social protection in stimulating economic growth and employment, and enabling these countries to...
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Mon, 17/12/2018 - 10:28
Ethiopia's Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP): Trends in PSNP Transfers within Targeted Households
This study aims to provide a preliminary analysis of trends in PSNP transfers within targeted households. This includes examining the economic behaviour of beneficiaries, and how that behaviour is modified by the PSNP. One of the findings...
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Mon, 17/12/2018 - 10:20
Graduation from the Food Security Program in Ethiopia: FAC Ethiopia Final Report
This study aims to add to the understanding of how graduation is happening in Ethiopia through the Food Security Program. The findings presented in this report come from qualitative and quantitative fieldwork conducted in 8 communities of...
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Fri, 14/12/2018 - 08:26
How to Make ‘Cash Plus’ Work: Linking Cash Transfers to Services and Sectors
This paper aims to identify key factors for success for the implementation of increasingly popular ‘cash plus’ programs. The assessment of three case studies indicates that effective implementation of ‘cash plus’ components has indeed...
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Fri, 14/12/2018 - 08:16
Cash Plus & Systems Linkages Overview
This presentation describes broad positive impacts and some limitations of cash transfers, the motivation for cash plush, and lessons learned from case studies on nutrition, health & psychosocial support.
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Fri, 14/12/2018 - 08:14
‘Cash Plus’: Linking Cash Transfers to Services and Sectors
Cash transfers have been successful in reducing food insecurity, increasing consumption, building resilience against economic shocks, improving productivity and increasing school enrolment. This research brief contends that cash can have...
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Fri, 14/12/2018 - 07:43
The Implementation of the Productive Safety Nets Program, 2014: Lowlands Outcomes Report
This report documents the impact of the Productive Safety Nets Program (PSNP) in the Lowland regions of Afar and Somali. It addresses two of the 31 research questions listed in the terms of reference for this study. Across their full...
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Wed, 12/12/2018 - 09:05
Guidance Note for DFID: Exploiting the Synergies between Social Protection and Economic Development
This guidance note aims to support the UK’s Department for International Development (DFID) advisers, programme staff, and other people working on social protection to maximise the synergies between social protection and economic...
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Wed, 12/12/2018 - 08:57
PSA Enjoins Support to the Impact Evaluation Survey of the Sustainable Livelihood Program
On 04 June 2018, the Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) granted clearance to the conduct of the Impact Evaluation Survey of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of the Philippine Institute for Development Studies (PIDS). The survey...
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Wed, 12/12/2018 - 08:50
Improving Access to Jobs and Earnings Opportunities: The Role of Activation and Graduation Policies in Developing Countries
This is a background paper to feed into World Banks's Social Protection and Labor Strategy 2012–2022. The paper finds that, especially in middle-income countries, activation and active labor market programs play an important role in...
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Wed, 12/12/2018 - 03:35
Sustainable Livelihood Program: Field Operations Manual
The Sustainable Livelihood Program is the Philippines Government's community-based program, which provides capacity building to improve the program participants’ socio-economic status. As a component of the Convergence Strategy, the...
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Wed, 12/12/2018 - 03:23
416 SLP Beneficiaries in Cebu Finish Short Courses
A total of 416 partner-beneficiaries of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) in the Philippines finished different short courses that could help them get a job or engage in livelihood activities. SLP is a multi-stakeholder program...
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Wed, 12/12/2018 - 03:16
BRAC: Ultra-Poor Graduation
BRAC has been at the forefront of poverty alleviation, disaster recovery, and microfinance in Bangladesh and 10 other countries. In this country, more than 95% of BRAC's Graduation Program participants achieve graduation with 92% crossing...
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Tue, 11/12/2018 - 06:47
The Philippines Sustainable Livelihood Program: Providing and Expanding Access to Employment and Livelihood Opportunities
The Philippines’ Department of Social Welfare and Development has taken the lead in providing opportunities for income generating activities/livelihood development through the implementation of the Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)...
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Tue, 11/12/2018 - 06:32
BRAC's Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction - Targeting the Ultra Poor Program: Mid-term Review
The findings of the mid-term review (MTR) of the third phase of the Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction Program – Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) were largely positive. The program has been running since 2002 with a mandate...
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Tue, 11/12/2018 - 06:29
Targeting the Ultra-Poor: A Conversation About Ending Extreme Poverty
In the 1990s, BRAC realised systematically that its microfinance programs were not reaching the poorest of the poor. Determined not to leave them behind, BRAC began experimenting with ways to identify and work with the ‘ultra-poor’...
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Tue, 11/12/2018 - 06:19
BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Program: An End to Extreme Poverty in Our Lifetime
Graduation programmes have become increasingly viable solutions in many regions to achieve promising, measurable and sustained results in poverty alleviation. To support organisations implementing new graduation programmes, BRAC has...
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Mon, 10/12/2018 - 07:49
Reflections on Social Protection and Poverty Alleviation from the Long Term Impact of Chile Solidario
Chile Solidario (CS) was the first of large-scale government programs explicitly targeted to the extreme poor. In this post, Emanuela Galasso explains some design features of Chile Solidario that makes it stand out from traditional social...
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Mon, 10/12/2018 - 07:17
How can Public Works Programmes Create Sustainable Employment?
The question this paper seeks to answer is whether public works programmes are fit to serve multiple objectives and how they should be designed in order to do so. The authors concentrate on the effects of these programmes on sustainable...
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Mon, 10/12/2018 - 07:08
Guidelines for Public Works Programmes : Cash ‐ , Voucher ‐ and Food ‐ for ‐ Work
The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) manages public works programmes to provide transfers to vulnerable, food-insecure and/or crisis-affected households in return for the provision of labour (particularly...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 07/12/2018 - 08:33
The Malawi National Social Support Programme (MNSSP): Public Works Programme Stakeholder Review
This brief summarises key discussion points and recommendations made at the MNSSP Review workshop on Public Works Programmes, held at Crossroads hotel on the 5th of May 2016 in Lilongwe. The purpose of the workshop was to evaluate the...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 07/12/2018 - 08:28
Creating Pathways for the Poorest: Early Lessons on Implementing the Graduation Model
Starting in 2006, CGAP and the Ford Foundation have been exploring how a “graduation model” can create pathways out of extreme poverty, adapting methodology developed by BRAC in Bangladesh.
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 07/12/2018 - 08:26
From Extreme Poverty to Sustainable Livelihoods: A Technical Guide to the Graduation Approach
This Technical Guide provides a “how-to” roadmap for practitioners wishing to implement programs based on the graduation approach. The Guide draws on the lessons learned over the eight-year (2006-2014) course of a global pilot program...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/12/2018 - 08:42
Crafting a Graduation Pathway for the Ultra Poor: Lessons and Evidence from a BRAC program
In this paper, an innovative approach that BRAC has been experimenting with since 2002 to craft a graduation pathway for the ultra poor is described. Based on the experiences of implementing this approach and evaluation research, a number...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/12/2018 - 08:16
Bandhan's Targeting the Hard Core Poor Program: A Qualitative Study on Participants' Ascent out of Extreme Poverty
In 2009, Bandhan targeted 300 women in one of the poorest districts of West Bengal, India to implement the ‘Targeting the Hard Core Poor’ (THP) pilot. In this study, factors that have kept THP participants steady on the pathway out of...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 03/12/2018 - 08:13
An End in Sight for Ultra-Poverty Scaling up BRAC’s Graduation Model for the Poorest
After decades of trial and error, starting in 2002 BRAC began deploying a set of carefully sequenced measures tailored to the unique set of challenges faced by the ultra-poor. The results have been astonishing. Using intensive training and...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 30/11/2018 - 09:27
The Graduation Model: Escaping Extreme Poverty
See how BRAC is reaching the poorest with an innovative set of interventions that creates a ladder out of extreme poverty.
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 30/11/2018 - 09:24
The Impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme and Its Linkages
This paper assesses the impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets Programme (PSNP), the largest social protection programme in Sub-Saharan Africa outside of South Africa. The authors find that the programme has little impact on...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 30/11/2018 - 09:21
A Methodology to Assess Indicative Costs of Risk Financing Strategies for Scaling Up Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme
This paper proposes and illustrates a methodology to assess the economic cost of the sovereign risk finance instruments available to the Government of Ethiopia and its development partners for financing the shock-responsive scalability...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 22/11/2018 - 09:55
The Impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets and Household Asset Building Program: 2006 - 2010
This study report assesses the impact of the Productive Safety Net Program (PSNP) of Ethiopia and other food security and asset building programs on food security, assets, and agricultural production. It also examines whether these have...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 22/11/2018 - 09:45
Integrating Public Works and Cash Transfers in Ethiopia: Implications for Social Protection, Employment and Decent Work (Working Paper)
What is the relevance of Africa’s second largest social protection programme, Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP), for other countries and especially for India, Brazil and South Africa (IBSA)? Are there policy lessons to be...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 22/11/2018 - 09:40
Integrating Public Works and Transfers in Ethiopia: An Innovative Approach to Social Protection, Employment, and Decent Work (One Pager)
This one pager explores the relevance of the Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) in Ethiopia for other countries implementing or considering public works or transfer (cash and/or food) programmes. The integration of public works and...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 15/11/2018 - 04:27
Exploring and Strengthening the Intersections between Social Protection, Employment and Inclusive Growth
The paper looks at additional sources of vulnerability that increasingly need to be better incorporated into social protection and social policies. It highlights that while social protection programmes are increasingly acknowledging the...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 15/11/2018 - 04:22
Combining Social Protection with Economic Opportunities in Rural Peru: Haku Wiñay
Haku Wiñay, the project designed and piloted by the Cooperation Fund for Social Development (FONCODES), targets rural households living in extreme poverty. To maximise its efficacy, the intervention is being deployed in the same rural...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 15/11/2018 - 04:20
New Pathways for the Poorest: The Graduation Model from BRAC
The authors explore one specific model, BRAC’s ‘Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction – Targeting the Ultra Poor’ (CFPR-TUP), that recognised the limits of BRAC’s own poverty-focused programmes and developed a new strategy...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 29/10/2018 - 07:13
Targeting the Hard-Core Poor: An Impact Assessment
This study reports the results of a randomised impact evaluation of a program designed to reach the poorest of the poor and elevate them out of extreme poverty. The results of this study, based on a pilot in India, indicate that this...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 29/10/2018 - 07:08
Transforming the Economic Lives of the Ultra-Poor
This research brief describes key findings from a rigorous seven-year evaluation of the first livelihood programme targeting this group, BRAC’s ‘Targeting the Ultra-Poor’ programme in rural Bangladesh. It also includes recommendations for...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 25/10/2018 - 03:24
Social Inclusion in Productive Safety Net Programs
This report focuses on productive safety nets programmes (PSNPs) in Sub-Saharan Africa, in the agricultural sector, whose main goal is generating employment through labour-intensive works. It examines an issue that has been less studied in...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 07:09
Mapping of Stakeholders Engaged in Public Works Programmes (PWPs)
This report maps organisational and individual actors engaged in PWPs in development and humanitarian contexts from a policy, implementation and influencing perspective. The multilateral agencies appear to dominate influence of PWPs usage...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 07:00
Transforming Livelihoods for Resilient Futures: How to Facilitate Graduation in Social Protection Programs
The paper aims to map out the theory of change underpinning the notion of graduation and to set out, conceptually and empirically, the range of enabling and constraining factors that facilitate or undermine this change process. It...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 06:55
Public Works and Employment Programmes: Towards a Long-term Development Approach
Public works and employment programmes are emerging as a significant component of the response to the crisis and recent innovations by a number of developing countries have also increased interest in these mechanisms. They constitute a...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 06:46
Reaching Very Poor Families: A Promising Approach
This is a summary of first-hand experience and research on the efficacy of the graduation approach as applied in rural Peru. The author concludes that the Graduation Program isn’t a silver bullet that will magically pull everyone out of...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 06:41
Grant vs. Credit Plus Approach to Poverty Reduction: An Evaluation of BRAC’s Experience with Ultra Poor
Challenging the Frontiers of Poverty Reduction- Targeting the Ultra Poor (CFPR-TUP) programme of BRAC implements two interventions for the ultra-poor: a grant-based support package for specially targeted ultra poor (STUP support package),...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 06:30
The World Bank 2012-2022 Social Protection and Labor Strategy: Resilience, equity, and opportunity
Social protection and labour (SPL) programs directly improve resilience by helping people insure against drops in well being from different types of shocks and equity by reducing poverty and destitution and promoting equality of...
Maya Ryandita
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Tue, 23/10/2018 - 06:26
Tackling Ultra-poverty through the Graduation Approach: Situating Sustainable Livelihoods in the Landscape of Social Protection and Safety Nets
The paper reviews relevant experiences and research for countries where BRAC already works and includes other notable geographies (e.g. Ethiopia and India). The authors suggest that ideally, graduation as a social assistance approach takes...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 22/10/2018 - 08:44
An Approach to Ending Poverty That Works
Discussion abounds in the development sector today about the best ways to empower the poor. Do you give them cash or assets? Is it better to attach conditions, or do the poor know best how to spend their money? BRAC’s short answer to these...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 22/10/2018 - 08:39
Social Protection for a Changing India
India’s surge in growth and rapid expansion in public spending in the past decade has created new possibilities for its social protection system. The report organises the discussion of social protection policies and programs according to...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 22/10/2018 - 08:23
Welfare and Poverty Impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme: Evidence from Andhra Pradesh
Understanding the impacts of India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) and the pathway through which its impacts are realised has important policy implications. We use a three-round 4,000-household panel from Andhra...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 22/10/2018 - 08:18
Right to Work? Assessing India's Employment Guarantee Scheme in Bihar
India’s 2005 National Rural Employment Guarantee Act creates a justiciable 'right to work' by promising up to 100 days of wage employment per year to all rural households whose adult members volunteer to do unskilled manual work. This...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 22/10/2018 - 08:13
Mainstreaming Graduation into Social Protection Floors
To attain the right to social protection for people living in extreme poverty and, simultaneously, SDG Goal 1, it will be necessary to lift the ultra poor above the international extreme poverty line of USD1.90/day. The authors argue that...
Maya Ryandita
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Mon, 22/10/2018 - 08:09
Reaching the Poorest: Lessons from the Graduation Model
In 2006, CGAP and the Ford Foundation launched an initiative to test and adapt BRAC’s approach in a diversity of countries and contexts. The result of this initiative is the CGAP–Ford Foundation Graduation Program, a series of 10 pilot...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 19/10/2018 - 09:54
Resource Matrix: Social Protection for Employment
Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) published this resource matrix to facilitate easy access to publications on social protection and employment. This edition has 200 entries with the links and briefs about the publications...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 19/10/2018 - 07:10
Report on Market Analysis and Micro-Enterprise Options
The Social Protection and Sustainable Livelihoods (SPSL), part of Laos-Australia Rural Livelihood Program (LARLP), focuses on giving poor families greater opportunities for income generation. This assignment contributes to the first of two...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 11/10/2018 - 02:47
Integrating the graduation approach into Government Social Protection and Employment Generation Programs
This link is created for comments or questions on the topic.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 09/08/2018 - 06:50
Unemployed youths in Andhra to now get Rs 1,000 monthly allowance
Eyeing next year state elections, the Chandrababu Naidu-led Andhra Pradesh government has decided to give an allowance of Rs 1,000 per month to the all the unemployed youth in the state under the "Mukhyamantri Yuva Nestam" scheme. Any...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 06:50
Promoting Employment, Protecting Youth: BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescent Girls Programme in Uganda and Tanzania
How can development policies and programmes better address the multiple needs of vulnerable youth populations? This case study of BRAC’s Empowerment and Livelihoods for Adolescent Girls Programme in Uganda and Tanzania (chapter 6)...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 04:56
Exploring Potentials and Limits of Graduation: Tanzania’s Social Action Fund
This book chapter looks to explore Tanzania’s Social Action Fund’s productive social safety net programme and its goal of ‘threshold graduation’. Specifically, the variety of enabling and constraining factors are looked at, as well as the...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 04:29
The Role of Public Works in Addressing Poverty: Lessons from Recent Developments in Public Works Programming
Anna McCord (chapter 9) explores recent innovations in Public Works programming in Sub-Saharan Africa to address the challenge of social protection provision in contexts of chronic mass under- and unemployment. Three ongoing national...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 04:10
Do ‘Graduation’ Programmes Work for Africa’s Poorest?
Graduation model programmes offer an innovative approach to poverty reduction. By delivering a sequenced package of support that includes cash and asset transfers, access to savings, training, and coaching, participating households embark...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 03:57
Social Protection: Public Works Programs
As part of the broader ISPA (Inter Agency Social Protection Assessments) initiative, this document presents a tool to assess the performance of a public works program and set out possible options for enhancement. At the same time, the tool...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 03:29
Linking Social Protection with Productive Inclusion: Innovative Approaches and Enabling Factors for Inter-sectoral Coordination
The report builds on valuable and vast experience from representatives of different countries shared during a global practitioners learning event on ‘Linking Social Protection with Productive Inclusion’ that took place in Mexico City/...
Maya Ryandita
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Fri, 27/07/2018 - 03:11
World Social Protection Report 2017–2019
In light of the ambitious goals to be achieved by 2030, this World Social Protection Report provides a comprehensive assessment of the current state of social protection systems around the globe, their coverage, benefits, and expenditures...
Maya Ryandita
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Thu, 26/07/2018 - 07:15
Infographic for the World Social Protection Report 2017–2019
New ILO report shows that massive efforts are still needed to ensure that the right to social security becomes a reality for all. This infographic provides figures on social protection based on ILO's World Social Protection Report 2017-...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 26/07/2018 - 04:32
India: Govt working on social security scheme to cover 10 crore workers by 2019: Report
The labour ministry of India is finalising a universal social security scheme for all, under which the government will cover 100 million workers by 2019, The Economic times reported . The comprehensive scheme will provide retirement,...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Mon, 09/07/2018 - 10:02
Economic Inclusion of the Poorest Refugees : Building Resilience through the Graduation Approach
Conventional humanitarian responses focus on providing those fleeing conflict or disaster with food, shelter, and legal, psychosocial or other support, which address their immediate needs. This support is critical in the early days of a...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Mon, 09/07/2018 - 09:50
PROPEL Toolkit: An Implementation Guide to the Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach
The PROPEL Toolkit is a step-by-step guide to help your organisation implement a Graduation programme. This Toolkit covers the basics of the BRAC model and its evolution, the steps involved in planning and staffing up, on-the-ground...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Mon, 09/07/2018 - 09:13
From Extreme Poverty to Sustainable Livelihoods: A Technical Guide to the Graduation Approach, Second Edition
This Technical Guide provides a roadmap for those wishing to implement programs based on the graduation approach—an integrated, carefully sequenced, multi-dimensional intervention to address extreme poverty. While the Guide will be useful...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 06/06/2018 - 08:24
SPEC Webinar 7 record: Seeking Economic Inclusion for refugees: A Case Study of the Graduation Approach in Ecuador
Watch this in-depth, interactive discussion on how UNHCR and implementing partner HIAS adapted the graduation approach for refugees in Ecuador. Piloted with 200 Colombian and Ecuadorian families in 2015, UNHCR Ecuador has now reached more...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 04/05/2018 - 07:45
Costs and Benefits of Seasonal Migration : Evidence from India
This paper provides new evidence on rural-to-urban migration decisions in developing countries. Using original survey data from rural India, we show that employment provision on local public works signicantly reduces seasonal migration...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 02/02/2018 - 02:56
ILO-UNHCR training course on 'Market-based livelihoods interventions for refugees'
Are you working at the intersection of humanitarian and development programming and want to facilitate the economic inclusion of refugees? Apply for the ILO-UNHCR training course on 'Market-based livelihoods interventions for refugees' and...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 25/01/2018 - 08:52
Video Linking Social Protection to Sustainable Employment
This video presents highlights of nine case studies on social protection programs that are linked to employment generation. These programs were presented in the South-South Knowledge Collaboration Workshop on Designing and Implementing...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 09/01/2018 - 08:48
Productive Role of Safety Nets
The paper contains a framework for linking social protection with growth and productivity, an updated review of the literature, new original work filling in gaps in the available evidence, and a discussion of operational implications. The...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 16/11/2017 - 05:47
Webinar: Information systems for the social protection sector: social registries and beyond
In this webinar, continuing the Social Registries webinar series, the expert speakers will walk you through the latest thinking on integrating data within social protection systems, drawing on their pioneering new reports Integrating data...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 10/11/2017 - 03:04
Malaysia to offer unemployment insurance starting in 2018
Malaysia's government plans to introduce unemployment benefits including allowances and support for training, a move that will help protect workers but has drawn fire from employers over growing costs. The program was voted into law in the...
Mito Tsukamoto
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Sat, 14/10/2017 - 12:44
Assessing the economic, social and environmental impact of public works: An introduction to the ISPA Public Works Assessment Tool and the Tanzanian Experience
If in case you missed these Webinars in the Inter-Agency Social Protection Assessments (ISPA) Public Works Assessment Tool: WEBINAR: Assessing the economic, social and environmental impact of public works: An introduction to the ISPA...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 11/10/2017 - 08:44
Webinar on impact of BRAC's ultra poor program on child nutrition
BRAC is a Bangladesh based international NGO. It is considered to be the largest NGO in the world. BRAC's ultra poor graduation program has proved to be a highly effective in lifting the ultra-poor people out of extreme poverty. A recent...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 11/10/2017 - 08:29
PROSPERA Social Inclusion Program Mexico: The role of evaluation
Since its inception, PROSPERA has considered the development of its external evaluation as an essential and continuous process that constitutes the cornerstone of an integrated system for assessing its performance, in order to implement...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 11/10/2017 - 08:22
Webinar- Role of Evaluation in PROSPERA
The Webinar will discuss Mexico's cash transfer program PROSPERA with a focus on its independent evaluation system. Since its inception, PROSPERA has considered the development of its external evaluation as an essential and continuous...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 26/09/2017 - 04:43
Record of the Seminar on Vietnam's Social Protection System and Employment Generation Programs
Vietnam's social protection system has four pillars: Employment, Income and Poverty Reduction, Social Insurance, Social Assistance and Social Services. Mr Minh Doan Huu of the Ministry of Labour, Invalids and Social Affairs, Vietnam talked...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Mon, 25/09/2017 - 15:32
Knowledge Co-creation Seminar on Vietnam's social protection system and employment generation programs
Dear Mr Minh Doan It was an excellent session. I have couple of follow up questions: - How many people are currently receiving production development loans? - What is the target for 2020? - Do the groups receive continuous technical...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 05/09/2017 - 09:24
Knowledge Co-creation Seminar on Social Protection System of Vietnam and Employment Generation Programs
Presenter: Mr Minh Doan Huu , Head of Social Work Division, Department of Social Assistance, Ministry of Labour and Social Affairs, Vietnam Date: 25 September 2017 Time: 21.00 (Jakarta, Bangkok, Hanoi time) Technology : GoToWebinar How to...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 04:20
Video - Presentation on Expanded Public Works Program (EPWP)
Stanley Henderson, Deputy Director General Expanded Public Works Programme- Department of Pubic Works South Africa The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and German Development Cooperation (Deutsche...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 04:16
Video - Social Protection for Employment: Opportunities, Challenges, Innovation and Evidence
Dr Anna McCord on Social Protection for Social Protection for Employment: Opportunities, Challenges, Innovation and Evidence. The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and German Development Cooperation (...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 04:15
Video-Presentation on Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Act
Aparajita Sarangi Joint Secretary MGNREGA Department of Rural Development The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 03:56
Video - Inclusion and Empowerment to Support Social Protection Programs for Employment
Dr Anna McCord on Inclusion and Empowerment to Support Social Protection Programs for Employment. The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 03:15
Video - Presentation on Targeting the Ultra-Poor Program of BRAC
Professor Syed M Hashemi Senior Advisor, Graduating the Poor Initiative CGAP The World Bank The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and German Development Cooperation (Deutsche Gesellschaft für...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 03:12
Video - Presentation on Haku Winay (Peru)
Maria Eugenia Mujica, Viceminister of Social Policies and Evaluation, Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) presented Peru Case Study: Haku Winay. The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 03:09
Video - Presentation Social Protection Programs for Employment
Dr. Anna McCord, Development Pathways - Research Associate, ODI - Honorary Research Fellow, University of Manchester - Research Affiliate, SALDRU, University of Cape Town. Introductory Presentation on Social Protection Programs for...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 25/08/2017 - 03:06
Video - Presentation on Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)
Ms. Amada Pornares, Director of Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) Department of Social Welfare and Development (DSWD) of the Philippines. The Government of the Philippines, DFAT through the Social Protection Hub and German Development...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 24/08/2017 - 08:27
Short-Term Effects of India's Employment Guarantee Program on Labor Markets and Agricultural Productivity
This paper uses a large national household panel from 1999/2000 and 2007/08 to analyze the short-term effects of India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme on wages, labor supply, agricultural labor use, and...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Mon, 07/08/2017 - 05:36
SPEC Core Committee Meeting
(Test posting. The timing shown bellow is Jakarta time) Agenda • Update on the Manila event • Follow up from the Manila event • Any development on social protection in any of the countries of the core team members • Forthcoming Webinars •...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 08:54
Labour Markets and Poverty in Village Economies
This study investigated how women’s choices over labor activities in village economies correlate with poverty and whether enabling the poorest women to take on the activities of their richer counterparts can set them on a sustainable...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 07:52
Debating Graduation - IPC-IG Bulletin
This special issue of Policy in Focus of IPC-IG attempts to capture the diversity of views that exist around graduation approach to poverty reduction. "Graduation" has been advanced as an effective means to combat extreme poverty and...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 07:13
Building Stable Livelihoods for the Ultra Poor - J-PAL/IPA Bulletin
This bulletin summarizes the results from seven randomized evaluations of the Graduation approach, a multifaceted livelihood program for the ultra-poor.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 07:03
A multifaceted program causes lasting progress for the very poor : Evidence from six countries
This research presents results from randomized control trials undertaken in six countries on graduation approach to improve livelihoods among the very poor. Results show statistically significant cost-effective impacts on consumption and...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 04:23
Impact and Spillover Effects of an Asset Transfer Programme on Malnutrition Evidence from a Randomised Control Trial in Bangladesh
This is the first paper to evaluate the effects of BRAC's graduation program Targeting the Ultra Poor on nutritional outcomes using data from a randomised control trial covering 26,997 households and panel data over a four year period. We...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 04:15
Videos on Graduates - Jharna and Morsheda's Story
This is a 3.18-minute long video on two women in Bangladesh. They used to live on less than 70 cents per day. After joining the BRAC's graduation program Targeting the Ultra Poor they become savvy entrepreneurs and independently support...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 21/07/2017 - 04:09
Video on a graduate - Romena's Story
This is a 2.48 minute long video on Romena, a participant of the BRAC's Targeting the Ultra-poor Program in Rangpur, Bangladesh. Through the program she was able to transform her life and get out of poverty. Her progress and determination...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 26/05/2017 - 07:29
Video_DSWD Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) at Carmona Cavite
Video is about testimonies from members of Samahan ng Nagkakaisang Kababaihan ng Carmona, Inc (SNKCI) or Organization of United Women in Carmona who have been given opportunity to improve their families condition through DSWD’s Sustainable...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 19/05/2017 - 10:39
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Haku Wiñay (Peru)
Ms. Maria Eugenia Mujica, Viceminister of Social Policies and Evaluation, Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) presented "Haku Wiñay" in Manila, Philippines.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 17/05/2017 - 09:01
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Colombia's Youth in Action Programme
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 17/05/2017 - 06:04
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on India's Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 12/05/2017 - 06:54
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Wrap up presentation by Anna McCord
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 12/05/2017 - 06:52
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Extended Public Works Program of South Africa
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 12/05/2017 - 01:39
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Mexico's Intersectional Approach to Social Protection
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 12/05/2017 - 01:24
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Chile's Intersectoral Approach to Social Protection
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 11/05/2017 - 23:44
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Learn Earn Achieve Program (LEAP)
DSWD Employment Facilitation track Sherly/DSWD presented the "Learn, Earn, Achieve Program (LEAP), Empowering 4Ps Beneficiaries through Education towards Sustainable Employment" at NCST IIRT
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 11/05/2017 - 06:37
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Employment for Prosperity (Colombia)
Ms. Letty Bohórquez Vacca Colombia/Coordinator of Employability Group, Employment for Prosperity Program, Directorate of Production Inclusion, Department of Social Prosperity (DPS) in Colombia, presented "Employment for Prosperity" in...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 11/05/2017 - 06:20
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on BRAC Graduation (Bangladesh)
Professor Syed M Hashemi, Department of Economics and Social Science, BRAC University presented Bangladesh Case study: Targeting the Ultra-poor Program of BRAC in Manila, Philippines
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 11/05/2017 - 04:50
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Presentation on Sustainable Livelihood Programme of the Philippines
Ms. Amada Pornaras, Director Sustainable Livelihood Program, DSWD presented Philippines Case study: Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP)
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 11/05/2017 - 03:41
South-South Knowledge Collaboration Manila Event - Introductory presentation on Social Protection for Employment
Presented in South-South Knowledge Collaboration: Designing and Implementing Social Protection Programs for Employment
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Mon, 08/05/2017 - 00:10
Agenda South-South Knowledge Collaboration: Designing and Implementing Social Protection Programs for Employment
Agenda South-South Knowledge Collaboration: Designing and Implementing Social Protection Programs for Employment 09 - 12 May 2017, Manila Philippines
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Sun, 07/05/2017 - 23:20
Concept Note South – South Knowledge Collaboration: Designing and Implementing Social Protection Programs for Employment
During the last two decades, social protection has proven to be one of the most effective means to reduce poverty, inequality and address life-cycle risks. Countries in Asia and the Pacific have growing needs for accessing analysis and...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Tue, 14/02/2017 - 04:14
Recorded Webinar BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach: Evidence, Innovations and Intersection with Social Protection
Recording of the webinar "BRAC's Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach: Evidence, Innovations and Intersection with Social Protection", hosted by the socialprotection.org platform on 7 February 2017. Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC’s work...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Tue, 14/02/2017 - 03:57
Presentation Webinar BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach: Evidence, Innovations and Intersection with Social Protection
Presentation of Webinar BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach: Evidence, Innovations and Intersection with Social Protection held on 7th February 2017. Founded in Bangladesh in 1972, BRAC’s work touches the lives of an estimated 135...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Tue, 14/02/2017 - 03:53
Summary Webinar BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach: Evidence, Innovations and Intersection with Social Protection
Summary Webinar of BRAC’s Ultra-Poor Graduation Approach: Evidence, Innovations and Intersection with Social Protection that was held on 7th February 2017. In this second webinar organized by SPEC, BRAC unpacks the approach, the growing...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 31/01/2017 - 07:28
Guidance Note on Options to Link Social Protection to Sustainable Employment
Understanding the linkages between social protection and sustainable employment is important. Governments are increasingly designing social protection programs with an objective of encouraging and supporting full employment, and of...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Mon, 16/01/2017 - 10:22
Webinar Presentation - Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of Philippines: Linking Cash Transfer to Sustainable Livelihood Development
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Mon, 16/01/2017 - 10:18
Recorded Webinar Sustainable Livelihood Program of Philippines: Linking Cash Transfer to Sustainable Livelihood
Recording of the webinar "Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of Philippines: Linking Cash Transfer to Sustainable Livelihood Development" that links recipients of the cash transfer program Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) to...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 23/12/2016 - 06:57
Video -Welcome Address by Fleur Davis : South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Fleur Davis, Minister Counsellor, DFAT Australian Embassy in Jakarta. Fleur Davis gave a welcome address in International event “South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities” that was held...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 23/12/2016 - 03:03
SPECletter October 2016 edition
Our first edition of SPECletter was published in October 2016. SPEC letter is the newsletter of the Social Protection for Employment- Community (SPEC). It will keep SPEC members updated about the community activities. SPEC aims to help...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 23/12/2016 - 02:44
Fazley M (2016) International Experiences on Integrating Social Protection with Sustainable Employment
Fazley Elahi Mahmud, Social Protection Specialist, Social Protection Hub- a DFAT initiative. Presented at International Conference "Deveoping Local Initiatives for Poverty Alleviation through Community Based sustainable Livelihood in OIC...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Mon, 19/12/2016 - 03:39
GIZ (2016) Sustainable escapes from poverty through productive inclusion
What are the key features of existing programmes that allow poor people to sustainably escape from poverty in a cost-effective and scalable way? This is the question that this policy guide has investigated. Its has reviewed the...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Tue, 13/12/2016 - 06:58
Video- Opening Speech by Dr. Bambang Widianto : South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Dr. Bambang Widianto, Deputy for Human Development and Equality, Executive Secretary the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K), Office of the Vice President Republic of Indonesia. Dr. Bambang Widianto gave an...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 09/12/2016 - 08:10
Short Video: South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Short clip from International Event "South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities" that was held on 24 - 25 May 2016. The event was funded by DFAT and GIZ and jointly co-hosted by TNP2K...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 09/12/2016 - 04:28
Video- Keynote Presentation by Katrina Pugh: South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Katrina Pugh, Academic Director from University of Colombia in United States on “Objective and Methodology of Knowledge Jam”. Presented on the first day of 2 days’ event of South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 09/12/2016 - 04:21
Video Keynote Presentation by Nicholas Freeland: South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Nicholas Freeland, DFAT Advisory Service on “Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities”. Presented at South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities held on 24 – 25 May 2016 at...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 01/12/2016 - 06:35
Webinar on Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of Philippines: Linking Cash Transfer to Sustainable Livelihood Development
Webinar "Sustainable Livelihood Program (SLP) of Philippines: Linking Cash Transfer to Sustainable Livelihood Development", hosted by the socialprotection.org platform was held on 18 November 2016. Governments face an imperative to cease...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Wed, 02/11/2016 - 06:35
UNRISD (2012) Gendered Impacts of Globalization: Employment and Social Protection
The last three decades have seen remarkable changes in economic structures and policies both within and across countries, loosely captured by the term globalization. This paper reviews evidence on how key aspects of globalization processes...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 14/10/2016 - 03:42
Youth Employability Program- Chile- PPT SPEC Seminar-English
Powerpoit slides (in English) on Chile's Youth Employability Program presented at SPEC's Knowledge Co-creation Seminar on 13th October 2016.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 14/10/2016 - 03:41
Youth Employability Program- Chile- PPT of SPEC Seminar-Spanish
Powerpoit slides (in Spanish) on Chile's Youth Employability Program presented at SPEC's Knowledge Co-creation Seminar on 13th October 2016.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 14/10/2016 - 03:33
Youth Employability Program- Chile- record SPEC Seminar
This is the record of SPEC's second Knowledge Co-creation Seminar on Chile's Youth Employability Program. The main presentation was given in Spanish language but Power Point Slides were shown in both English and Spanish languages. The...
February Amelia...
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Thu, 06/10/2016 - 06:04
Sustainable escape from poverty through productive inclusion (CPAN, a policy guide on the role of social protection)
The Chronic Poverty Advisory Network (CPAN) is a network of researchers, policy makers and practitioners from Bangladesh, Benin, Burkisa Faso, Cambodia, Ghana, India, Kenya, Nepal, Niger, Pakistan, the Philippines, Senegal, South Africa,...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 04/10/2016 - 07:31
Charter Spanish - Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC)
Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) is an online community for interaction on how social protection can be linked to employment generation. The charter provides the goal, objective and operational model of SPEC.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 04/10/2016 - 07:28
Charter English - Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC)
Social Protection for Employment Community (SPEC) is an online community for interactions on how soical protection can be linked with employment generation. This charter provides goals, objectives and operational model of SPEC.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 20/09/2016 - 05:23
Question on community based social protection
Following questions are from FOSIS team of Chile. We welcome your views on these questions and want to here your experiece if you have programs with community approach or with provision of seed capital. You may post your views in this...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 20/09/2016 - 05:11
Record of Meeting on Seed Capital based Social Protection 15 September 2016
Sheila Burkhardt from Direction of Productive Inclusion, Prosperidad Social, Ministry of Social Development presented on employment generation program of Colombia called Mi Negocio. This program helps the extremely poor people, the poor...
February Amelia...
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Fri, 16/09/2016 - 10:00
Productive Inclusion Factsheets (Spanish)
Factsheets on linking social assistance and productive inclusion programs in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines in Spanish* Deskstudy by the program 'Global...
February Amelia...
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Fri, 16/09/2016 - 09:59
Productive Inclusion Factsheets (English)
Factsheets on linking social assistance and productive inclusion programs in Bolivia, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, El Salvador, Guatemala, Indonesia, Mexico, Peru, and the Philippines* Deskstudy by the program 'Global alliances for...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
added a Community document
Tue, 06/09/2016 - 04:16
THE ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL RETURNS TO CASH TRANSFERS: EVIDENCE FROM A UGANDAN AID PROGRAM1
A growing share of the world is young, poor, and underemployed. A widespread view is such people have high returns to investment but are credit constrained. Hence, aid in the form of capital or credit should expand occupational choice,...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 01/09/2016 - 05:51
Seed Capital Based employmnet generation/social protection program
Hello SPEC members, we would like to facilitate experience sharing at the SPEC platform on provision of seed capital for employment generation. We will appreciate if you let us know if you are involved in such program. Thanks.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 16/08/2016 - 07:42
Assessment of the Sustainable Livelihood Program - Employment Facilitation Process
The Sustainable Livelihood Program - Employment Facilitation Track (SLP-EF Track) is a scheme that facilitates the employment of the Pantawid Pamilyang Pilipino Program (4Ps) beneficiaries. The SLP-EF Track has much potential to bring the...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
added a Community document
Tue, 09/08/2016 - 05:29
What interventions create jobs? A review of the evidence
This brief paper summarises findings from 55 evaluations on employment creation programs including access to finance, enterprise development training, regulation and business development support.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 10:34
ACTIVE LABOR MARKET PROGRAMS FOR YOUTH A Framework to Guide Youth Employment Interventions
Youth are three times more likely to be unemployed than adults, even in economies with strong economic growth (ILO, 2008). This begs the question of what is it about youth that leads to such high rates of unemployment? And what can be done...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 10:32
Public Works as a Safety Net Design, Evidence, and Implementation
From the Victorian Poor Laws in nineteenth century Britain to the postwar recovery of the 1940s, public works programs have historically played an important role as countercyclical interventions to address seasonal and short-term...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 10:30
Social protection and sustainable employment
Most workers in low-income countries are living in poverty. The rate of reduction in the share of the working poor is slowing and the absolute number of working poor is growing in some regions. Though many economies are seeing significant...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
added a Community document
Fri, 05/08/2016 - 10:28
Skills development as part of social protection programmes
This review is a background paper for the 2012 Education for All Global Monitoring Report, examining the development and performance of skills development interventions as a part of social protection programming in middle and low income...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 10:02
Social Protection, Entrepreneurship and Labour Market Activation
This papert introduces readers to research-based evidence on diverse social protection programmes in various countries, as well as current debates on how best to improve social grants. The contributing authors demonstrate the importance of...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 09:59
Coordinating social protection and employment policies Experiences from Burkina Faso, Cambodia and Honduras
In 2009, the International Labour Organization (ILO) and the European Union launched a project entitled “Improving Social Protection and Promoting Employment” as a reaction to the international economic crisis. The project was carried out...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 09:46
“Linking Social Assistance and Productive Inclusion” New challenges in Social Protection and Labor
The objective of this report is to present key conceptual and operational issues in linking income support (or, broadly, social assistance) programs and productive development interventions, in what is called now “productive inclusion.”...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 09:33
Social protection for rural poverty reduction
This paper reviews the major conceptual frameworks and analytical frameworks for applying social protection in rural and agricultural contexts, proposes a synthesised ‘consolidated’ framework, and reviews the evidence base on the impacts...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 09:27
How to Make Public Works Work : A Review of the Experiences
This paper reviews the experience with public works programs (PWPs) in several countries over the past 20 years. The analysis shows that PWP have been used extensively in response to either a one-time large covariate shock, or repeated...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 09:22
Supporting self-employment and small-scale entrepreneurship : Potential programs to improve livelihoods for vulnerable workers
Worldwide, around 55 percent of workers are self-employed, and about three-quarters of these are likely to be subsistence entrepreneurs. A large proportion of these workers live in poor or vulnerable households. In Sub-Saharan Africa, for...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 09:10
Can Rural Public Works Affect Agriculture Wages : Evidence from India
It has long been hypothesised that public works programmes, in addition to the welfare effect on those directly employed, can influence equilibrium wage rates. This paper test the impact of the Indian government’s major public works...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 04:37
Direct and Indirect Effects of Malawi's Public Works Program on Food Security
Labor-intensive public works programs are important social protection tools in low-income settings, intended to supplement income of poor households and improve public infrastructure. In this evaluation of the Malawi Social Action Fund, an...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 04:21
Social Protection through Work Supporting the Rural Working Poor in Lower Income Countries
Extending social protection to the rural population engaged in the informal economy in lower income countries is a global a priority. In spite of a lack of evidence about its costs and benefits and the small scale of many programmes,...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Fri, 05/08/2016 - 04:13
Asset Values: Why Are Some Households Doing Better Than Others?
Research has shown that there exist two outlier groups among previous participants of the Chars Livelihoods Programme. One group has built up significant assets while the other group has not, and, in some cases, has fallen back to being...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 01/07/2016 - 08:09
Concept Note (Bahasa version): South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 30/06/2016 - 03:15
Keynote Presentation-Katrina Pugh-Knowledge Jam-South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
This presentation is on an innovative methodology of knowledge management called Knowledge Jam that was applied in the South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Creation.
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Wed, 29/06/2016 - 04:25
IFMR LEAD Fact Sheet: Affordable Day Care, to Empower Women in India
IFMR LEAD in collaboration with a Non-Governmental Organisation Seva Mandir, and McGill University is evaluating the impact of a day-care programme on a range of social and economic outcomes on participating mothers and children. This...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Wed, 29/06/2016 - 04:22
IFMR LEAD: The Influence of Affordable Day Care on Women's Empowerment in India
Female labor force participation in India has been declining. It has declined from 33.3 per cent to 26.5 per cent in rural areas and from 17.8 per cent to 14.6 per cent in urban areas, between 2004-05 to 2009-10 (NSSO, 2011). One of the...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Tue, 28/06/2016 - 08:26
Participant Profiles : South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Scoial Protection to Employment Opportunities
This document provides the pictures and short profiles of the participants of the South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities held in Jakarta, Indonesia, on 24-25 May 2016.
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Wed, 08/06/2016 - 06:42
Luciano Maduro Alves de Lima - Linking Social Protection and Job Opportunity
Created in 2011, PRONATEC aims at promoting the access to vocational training and technical education and the insertion of its beneficiaries into the workforce. It offers either short qualification courses (with an average duration of 200...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 02/06/2016 - 09:28
Keynote presentation: Freeland, Nicholas (2016) Linking Social Protection to Employment, self-employment and employability;
Presented by Nicholas Freeland, DFAT Aid Advisory Service on South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum: Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities at Borobudur Hotel, Jakarta 24-25May 2016.
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Tue, 31/05/2016 - 05:43
Agenda South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 27/05/2016 - 08:54
Prosperidad Social (2016) Jóvenes en acción, Colombia (Info graphic)
Jóvenes en acción or Young in Action programme in Colombia promotes post-secondary education and strengthen like skills, using conditional cash transfer model. The aim is support young people in poverty or vulnerability, so they can...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Fri, 27/05/2016 - 08:18
Widianto, Bambang TNP2K (2016) Social Protection and Employment Opportunities (PPT)
Presented by Dr. Bambang Widianto, Executive Secretary of the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) Indonesia at DFAT South- South Knowledge Exchange Forum: Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 28/04/2016 - 08:37
South- South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities
The event will be held on 24 and 25 May 2016 at Hotel Borobudur, Jakarta. The Australian Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) jointly with the National Team for the Acceleration of Poverty Reduction (TNP2K) of the Government of...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 28/04/2016 - 08:20
Pugh, Katrina (2011) Sharing Hidden Know-How: How Managers Solve Thorny Problems With the 'Knowledge Jam'
Putting knowledge to work is the ultimate goal of any digital asset strategy. However, there are three obstacles. First, it is often not known what knowledge and expertise reside in the organisation. Or secondly, if it is known, that...
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 28/04/2016 - 08:15
Pugh, K., Buitoni, S. and Byrnes, B. (2014) How To Create Social Impact Through Thoughtful Networks
How To Create Social Impact Through Thoughtful Networks, 3-part blog by Katrina Pugh, Sarah Buitoni (Women's World Banking) and Breen Byrnes (World Wildlife Fund), Huffington Post, 2014
Triashtra Lakshmi
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Thu, 28/04/2016 - 08:02
Murphy, N.S & Pugh, K (2011) Talk Trumps Text for Sharing Hidden Know-How
Let's say your team, which is scattered across several locations, has to produce a complex, time-consuming proposal, with little time to spare. The team scours the web for relevant content, and they discover that others in your...
Fazley Elahi Mahmud
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Thu, 14/04/2016 - 02:22
Concept Note: South-South Knowledge Exchange Forum on Linking Social Protection to Employment Opportunities

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