Wednesday, August 24, 2022
How can a large scale cash transfer programme be established from scratch, quickly, and during a deep economic crisis? The Government of Sri Lanka faces that challenge. New research reveals that the problem of selecting eligible households may be...
Monday, August 22, 2022
Privacy International researched a number of social safety-net projects financed by the World Bank during the COVID-19 pandemic. This article reflects on how certain aspects of social protection projects can inadvertently lead to excessive surveillance...
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Africa, Morocco, Mozambique, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Uganda, America, Haiti, Asia, Jordan, Lebanon
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Friday, August 19, 2022
Last year, in the rainy season, Mohammed*, 22, a barber from Reef Ibb, was forced to close his shop. Heavy rains had caused widespread damage that he could not afford to repair. Mohammed – who is the sole breadwinner for his mother, brothers, and sisters...
Friday, August 5, 2022
The National Rural Livelihood Mission aims to increase income and improve the well-being of rural households. Using survey data from nine states in India, this article analyses the existence of caste-based differences in self-help groups within the NRLM...
Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Bhavana Devi, or Bhuri, as she is known by people in the village of Kerpura in Rajasthan’s Udaipur district, cheerfully opens the rusted iron doors to her home. Sunlight streams in. It lights up her dwelling, one small cement-and-brick box with a damaged...
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...
Friday, July 8, 2022
Imagine a strip of land - 41 km long, 6 to 12 km wide - with more than 2 million inhabitants and where half of the population are children. Imagine that a land closure coupled with an air and sea blockade restricts imports of vital supplies and prevents...
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Asia, Palestinian Territory
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Monday, July 4, 2022
Our recently concluded State of Exclusion study finds that payment failures during the back-end processing of a Direct Benefit Transfer (DBT) payment are a significant concern. In this blog piece, we highlight the broad takeaways to help the...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
Despite the undeniable threats of climate change, little consideration has been given to creating social safety nets for the vulnerable or engendering resilience in institutions disrupted by extreme climate events. In this post, Nikita Sharma considers...
Wednesday, June 29, 2022
As the Asia Pacific develops, more countries in the region must build comprehensive policy frameworks that promote wellbeing in old age, Armida Salsiah Alisjahbana writes.
Older persons are highly visible across Asia and the Pacific: they work in...
