Combining social assistance and health works! In Ghana, LEAP provides bimonthly cash payments combined with a premium waiver for enrolment in the national health insurance scheme (NHIS). The program is targeted to extremely poor households with orphans...
The ‘Food Security and Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection: What do we know and where to go next?’ webinar took place on the 22nd of October 2019. The event was organised by the World Food Programme (WFP). Referring to the latest findings on the field...
Can cash transfers help low-income households afford and connect to energy, and not just compensate for energy subsidy reductions? A new report by McGregor and Girardeau examines 25 energy-related measures implemented in 6 countries , i.e., Brazil, Ghana...
As the labour market changes, there is a need to adapt the social protection systems and avoid that larger parts of the workforce are left without enough access to social protection. This blog will discuss a recent recommendation of the Council of the EU...
According to the statistics provided by the Worldometer (2020), more than two million people have been infected worldwide with the COVID-19 up to mid-April. China adopted stringent quarantine/social distancing policies to prevent the spread of the COVID-...
With over 1.9 million people across the globe affected by the novel Coronavirus (COVID-19) to date [ 1 ], the search continues for the most effective means to contain the spread of the disease and limit its impact on health, economies and lives. Social...
As most social protection programmes have been conceived as instruments for reducing chronic poverty and/or providing support across the life cycle, risk management is one of the main functions of social protection systems. While all social protection...
Introduction: argument vs reality An increasingly common argument against increased immigration, especially regarding immigration to the EU, is that migrants and refugees pose a threat to a state’s already limited capacity to provide social protection...
The rise of the revolutionary policies Back in 2019, way before the rise of the COVID-19 crisis, Peru was amidst debate over implementing a legal framework that would establish the obligatoriness of generic drugs in pharmacies. Later, on October 30, this...
The effects of cash transfers on intimate partner violence (IPV) is one of the most vibrant research themes in social protection. So what’s the latest evidence on the matter? A new review by Baranov et al finds that cash reduces IPV in several ways ,...
