Tuesday, August 9, 2022
In recent decades, many governments have attempted to encourage people into work by reducing welfare eligibility. By analyzing the changes in the American Supplemental Security Income program (SSI) policies, Manasi Deshpande and Michael...
Tuesday, July 12, 2022
In 2002, BRAC Bangladesh pioneered a programme as part of their Graduation approach to development interventions. The programme aimed to lift ultra-poor women above the extreme poverty line within two years through the provision of small...
Tuesday, May 3, 2022
The importance of youth mental health is being increasingly recognised as a key determinant of population health outcomes. As the dominant social protection tool across the Africa, could cash transfer programmes act as a tool to improve mental...
Thursday, March 31, 2022
MSc Anthropology and Development alum Adhvik Shetty looks at how the COVID-19 pandemic exposed Britain’s food insecurity crisis and argues that social protection policies are necessary to prevent those most vulnerable to economic shocks from facing...
Wednesday, September 1, 2021
Across Africa, states have adapted or expanded social protection measures in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. These interventions provide valuable policy lessons and political opportunities to reimagine the social contract on the continent.
The...
Monday, June 7, 2021
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Whilst young people (aged 15 to 24) are an important beneficiary group of cash transfer programmes, most...
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Africa, South Africa, America, Brazil, Colombia, Mexico
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Monday, May 10, 2021
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Like other low- and middle-income countries, Colombia introduced changes to its cash transfer programmes so...
Thursday, March 18, 2021
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Household incomes in Ecuador were badly hit by the pandemic, despite the government’s emergency grant...
Wednesday, January 20, 2021
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How do parties integrate the views of voters into their policy platforms? Drawing on a new study of social...
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Europe, Netherlands, Spain, Sweden, United Kingdom
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Monday, September 14, 2020
Intergenerational effects are everywhere around us, and no less so during the coronavirus crisis. One important aspect of this is understanding who has benefitted from the much-needed additional income support introduced by the government during the...