"Social protection refers to programs that address risk, vulnerability, inequality and poverty through a system of transfers to people in cash or in kind. The transfers can be funded by contributions from recipients (social insurance) or by government (social assistance). (…). Social protection is widely accepted as having three core functions: 1) protection of the poor from the worst impacts of poverty, 2) prevention against income shocks and drops in well-
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"Germany’s development cooperation program for social protection focus on three areas:• social assistance to reduce or prevent poverty and eradicate hunger;• social health protection to prevent impoverishment and foster health; and• insurance schemes to improve preparedness and cope with new challenges such as extreme weather events caused by climate change."...
"(...) (S)ocial protection would be composed of a set of actions financed by the State that would:
i) support individuals and families in dealing with vulnerabilities along their lifecycle;
ii) help especially the poor and vulnerable groups to have resilience to respond to crisis and shocks, including social-environmental risks;
iii) favor social inclusion and support families,
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"Social protection, or social security, is a human right and is defined as theset of policies and programmes designed to reduce and prevent poverty and vulnerability throughout the life cycle. Social protection includes benefits for children and families, maternity, unemployment, employment injury, sickness, old age, disability, survivors, as well as health protection. Social protection systems address all these policy areas by a mix of contributory schemes (
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"Social protection refers to policies and actions which enhance the capacity of poor and vulnerable people to escape from poverty and enable them to better manage risks and shocks. Social protection measures include social insurance, social transfers and minimum labour standards."
Source: OECD. 2009. "Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Employment". n.p.: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development....
"(…) set of policies and programs that promote social inclusion - focusing on early childhood development, capacity-building for young people, and care for dependent persons—along with redistributive policies and programs supporting minimum levels of consumption."
Source: IADB. 2017. "Social Protection and Poverty Sector Framework Document". Washington: Inter-American Development Bank. <...
"Social protection has been defined globally as all public and private initiatives that provide income or consumption transfers to the poor, protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks and enhance the social status and rights of the marginalised. In the context of a strong focus on delivering to the poorest and most vulnerable people Irish Aid defines social protection instruments as ‘non-contributory systems and programmes, including public works and
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"Social protection is defined to comprise social insurance and social assistance programs. Social insurance aims at protecting households from shocks that can adversely impact their incomes and welfare and is typically financed by contributions or payroll taxes. Social assistance aims at protecting households from poverty and is financed by general government revenue."
Source: IMF. 2019. "A Strategy for...
"Within the context of ISPA, social protection refers to the set of policies and programs aimed at preventing or protecting all people against poverty, vulnerability, and social exclusion throughout their lifecycles, with a particular emphasis towards vulnerable groups. Social protection can be provided in cash or in-kind, through non-contributory schemes, providing universal, categorical, or poverty-targeted benefits such as social assistance, contributory
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"Social protection is a set of policies and programmes aimed at preventing and protecting all people against poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion, throughout their life cycle placing a particular emphasis on vulnerable groups. This means ensuring adequate protection for all who need it, including children; people of working age in case of maternity, sickness, work injury or for those without jobs; persons with disability and older persons. This
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