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Disability inclusive social protection in fragile and conflict-affected settings

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Submitted by Social Protection Technical Assistance, Advice and Resources (STAAR)
on Fri, 11/10/2024 - 08:45
Written by Louisa Lippi, Social Protection Expert and STAAR Disability Lead, in collaboration with the STAAR Facility Disability-inclusive social protection is pivotal for guaranteeing social and economic inclusion of persons with disabilities in their families, communities and societies. It provides income security through cash-based transfers, reduces both direct and indirect extra disability-related costs and facilitates access to essential services. The function of disability-inclusive social protection, (as shown in Box 1), show that while there has been greater attention in reducing gaps in access and raising the adequacy of benefits in recent years, disparities between persons with disabilities and those...Read more

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Progress or stagnation in the Arab region - what insights do the newly published figures on social protection offer?

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Submitted by Anton Bjork
on Mon, 30/09/2024 - 15:04
Written by Anton Bjork On 12 September 2024, the ILO published its World Social Protection Report (WSPR) 2024-2026 . What does the report tell us about changes in the Arab countries? Focusing on the indicator "proportion of population covered by at least one social protection cash benefit", this blog post gives an overview of the regional situation. Upcoming blog posts will concentrate on more specific indicators. Overall social protection coverage has increased A comparison between the latest set of data (mostly for the years 2021 and 2022) with the data published in the previous World Social Protection Report (mostly for 2019 and 2020) as subsequently revised, [1] indicates a slight overall increase in social protection coverage in the Arab...Read more

Sessions on Advancing Social Protection in West Africa for an Inclusive Society – Day 3: Exploring Inclusive Policies and Challenges for Persons with Disabilities

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Submitted by Amirhosein Rahbari
on Sun, 15/09/2024 - 15:54
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Introduction The third day of the “Advancing Social Protection in West Africa – Smart Solutions Developed by H-BRS Alumni for an Inclusive Society” event , organised by master’s degree in Social Protection of Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS) University of Applied Sciences and held at the University of Cape Coast (UCC) in Ghana. The day featured robust discussions and provided significant insights into the challenges and opportunities within social protection systems in West Africa, particularly for persons with disabilities. This report, the second in a series of three blog posts, provides insights from Day 3, following the report on Days 1 and 2 . The University of Cape Coast (UCC) – Host Venue Established in 1962, UCC is Ghana’s leading university, with over 78,000...Read more

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Enhancing partnerships to reach SDGs 1 and 2: The Global Alliance Against Hunger and Poverty

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Submitted by Isabela Nunes Franciscon
on Fri, 13/09/2024 - 15:58
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Written by Isabela Franciscon (Research Associate at UNRISD), Fábio Veras Soares (Director of International Studies at the Institute for Applied Economic Research - IPEA, Ministry of Planning and Budget of Brazil) and Mariana Balboni (Senior Programme Officer at UNRISD) Setting the scene: the importance of partnerships to reach SDGs 1 and 2 The adoption of the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) in 2015 signalled a potential shift towards achieving key developmental objectives, such as eradicating poverty and hunger, represented by SDGs 1 and 2, respectively. These two goals include targets such as expanding social protection coverage, ensuring access to basic services, ending malnutrition, doubling the income and productivity of smallholder farmers, and...Read more

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Social Safety Nets in Urban India: Insights from Rajasthan's Employment Guarantee Program

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Submitted by Krishna Priya Choragudi
on Thu, 29/08/2024 - 09:45
Social safety nets in India have traditionally focused on rural areas, given the high prevalence of poverty there. But as the Indian population urbanises on a large scale, there is growing evidence of increasing deprivation and poverty in urban areas (Datt et al., 2020), driven by the rise in informal work, income insecurity, inequality and poor living conditions. Such a shift underscores the need to pay attention to the design and implementation of social protection for urban settings (Gentilini, 2015). Urban workers, who generally lack assets, are often similar to their rural counterparts—landless labourers who subsist by selling their labour. The work they get is determined by constraints such as job availability, skills, and formal education. Consequently, without stable wage...Read more

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Sessions on Advancing Social Protection in West Africa for an Inclusive Society – Day 1 and 2: Social Protection for Persons with Disabilities in Ghana

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Submitted by Amirhosein Rahbari
on Fri, 23/08/2024 - 11:58
Writer: Amirhosein Rahbari, Independent Consultant at Socialprotection.org Introduction Hochschule Bonn-Rhein-Sieg (H-BRS) University of Applied Sciences organised an innovative five-day alumni event focused on "Advancing Social Protection in West Africa – Smart Solutions Developed by H-BRS Alumni for an Inclusive Society" in Cape Coast and Accra, Ghana, from 29 July to 3 August 2024. The event featured strong participation from key stakeholders in Ghana's social protection sector and alumni of the master’s degree in Social Protection , who are now respected experts in their fields. This significant collaboration was co-organised with the University of Cape Coast (UCC) and funded by Germany's Federal Ministry for Economic Cooperation and Development (BMZ) . This report...Read more

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Gender-responsive and inclusive social protection research - what's next?

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Submitted by Social Protection Technical Assistance, Advice and Resources (STAAR)
on Thu, 22/08/2024 - 18:39
Written by Paola Pereznieto, Senior Consultant, in collaboration with The STAAR Facility . The UK’s Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO) recently hosted a workshop to review the current state of evidence on gender-responsive and inclusive social protection and identify where more research is needed. The event brought together top researchers and practitioners to share their thoughts on future research priorities, potential policy impact and how FCDO can best contribute to advancing this important field. Join the conversation! We're inviting contributions to share your insights, current research, and ideas on gaps and priorities in this Google Doc . The breadth and depth of existing research is significant…...Read more

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Basic income as an innovative social protection tool

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Submitted by Diana Bashur
on Tue, 13/08/2024 - 00:00
Written by Diana Bashur, Secretary at Basic Income Earth Network (BIEN) As a tool that speaks to 7 out of the 17 SDGs, basic income pilots have shown transformative effects in communities. This blog post calls for a systematic consideration of this tool in social protection schemes across humanitarian, development and peacebuilding settings. Basic income, aka universal basic income, is a periodic cash payment unconditionally delivered to all usual legal residents in a given territory on an individual basis, without means-test or work requirements, over a prolonged period of time. It is different from traditional cash transfers, which are often targeted according to vulnerability thresholds, can be conditional, are not always regular, and can take forms other than cash. These...Read more

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Basic income and related forms of unconditional support: A role in promoting a green & fair transition?

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Submitted by Herwig Immervoll
on Tue, 13/08/2024 - 00:00
Written by Herwig Immervoll, Head of Social Benefits and Green Transition, OECD This blog is a shortened version of a forthcoming OECD policy brief. It draws on recent findings on the distribution of carbon-price burdens and related compensation strategies (Elgouacem, et al., 2024). The opinions expressed and arguments employed in this blog are those of the author alone. They cannot be attributed to the OECD or its member countries. Universal and unconditional support: Considerable policy interest Recent crises and ongoing social and technological transformations continue to shine a spotlight on economic insecurity and inequality, and on policies that seek to avert or ease them. Global and multi-lateral policy frameworks and agreements, like the UN Social Development Goals and...Read more

In case you missed it...

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Submitted by Social Protection Technical Assistance, Advice and Resources (STAAR)
on Fri, 09/08/2024 - 13:30
Written by Deanna Kotecha and Charlotte Maugham While the STAAR Evidence Digest takes a summer break, here’s a round-up of some of our reports, blogs, webinars and interactive learning tools from the past year… COLLECTIVE ENDEAVOUR First up, two Explainers setting out in simple terms how social protection systems can work collaboratively with other sectors to support people vulnerable to crises. 1. Collective outcomes for managing covariate risks: Maximising our joint contribution and evaluating ‘what is best’ when working across sectors Three strangers embarking on a perilous journey across a desert will be best off collectively mapping where they are heading, what constitutes the best route (and why), and what dangers they might encounter along the way....Read more