Saturday, December 24, 2022
Poverty reduction is both a component in and an outcome of a comprehensive, multi-layered, inclusive, universal, rights-based, gender sensitive and shock-responsive social protection system (SPS). A comprehensive social protection system minimizes risks...
Tuesday, December 20, 2022
Over the course of the year, I reviewed, synthesized, and shared 631 resources on social protection. Because of the scale and quality of research, selecting the most salient or interesting materials is a daunting task fraught with dilemmas and tough...
Friday, December 9, 2022
Mothers reliant on state support have long been the subject of moral judgements about their deservingness. In 21st Century Britain, after over a decade of austerity and unprecedented welfare reform, exploring how mothers experience and resist the...
Friday, December 9, 2022
This blog answers two simple questions: how do migrant sending communities feel about temporary migration schemes, and does scheme participation affect these views? I use the Tongan household component of the Pacific Labour Mobility Survey to share some...
Thursday, December 1, 2022
The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) approved a $75.9 million loan to improve living conditions in households in the areas of Honduras with the highest rates of extreme poverty, and to cultivate human capital and self-management capacity in those...
Thursday, December 1, 2022
Can comparing anti-poverty programs to unconditional cash transfers improve development programming? Carson Christiano, CEGA Executive Director and DIL Managing Director, explores new findings from a portfolio of cash benchmarking research five years in...
Tuesday, November 29, 2022
There is compelling evidence to show that supporting children’s development and enhancing women’s participation in economic activity increase economic development, reduce poverty, and improve household wellbeing. Providing affordable, quality childcare...
Wednesday, November 23, 2022
Inflation cuts across social and economic groups. But it leaves deeper wounds on those from disadvantaged backgrounds, potentially exacerbating the inequalities arising from the COVID-19 pandemic. As the Indonesian government attempts to cushion the...
Tuesday, November 15, 2022
Cash transfers are controversial in social policy. Critics argue that handouts are expensive, risk creating dependency and should be a last resort strictly targeted at the poorest. But proponents consider them an important source of income security and a...
Monday, November 14, 2022
Women need to be engaged in designing, implementing, and monitoring climate-smart agriculture. With a food crisis and climate change affecting millions of people in Asia and the Pacific, equipping female farmers with technology, support, and resources,...
