About Us

We are the leading consultancy in designing and developing social protection systems – one fundamental way that governments can guard people from poverty and vulnerability.

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Our story

A British-Kenyan company, we’ve advised on and delivered inclusive programming for governments and multilaterals globally since 2010.

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Software development

Our developers code custom-built management information systems for social protection registries.

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Our findings and perspectives

Creative thinking grounded in evidence and rooted in countries' realities.

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Financing social protection tool

Explore the financial feasibility of universal social security systems.

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BLOGS

09/02/2026

The Valor Criança Universal Child Benefit in Angola, and its implications for social security policy in Sub-Saharan Africa 

By Stephen Kidd Despite decades of development assistance, hundreds of millions of children across low-...

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28/01/2026

New report highlights the urgency, viability and positive impacts of social pensions in a rapidly ageing world

By Cherian Mathews, CEO of HelpAge International Around the world, populations are ageing at a...

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20/01/2026

Who gets help and why? The politics of targeting knowledge in Indonesia’s cash transfer programme

By John McCarthy In September 2025, Indonesian media reported that 45 per cent of social...

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Latest Publications

Growing old without security: rethinking pensions and social security in Nigeria

Nigeria faces a growing old age poverty risk as most workers, especially in the informal...

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Adding life to years: a review of tax-financed pensions in the Asia-Pacific

As the Asia-Pacific region ages rapidly, millions of older people face old age without income...

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From cash to code: the evolution of social payments in Kenya

In this paper, Richard Chirchir and Paul Njoroge Mwangi explore Kenya’s journey from cash to...

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OUR WORK SNAPSHOTS

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Pacific Islands

Partnerships for Social Protection

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Malawi

Developing a Nutrition-Sensitive Social Protection Operational Framework (NSSP-OF) for the Government of Malawi

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Asia-Pacific

Social Protection Advice, Research, and Capability Building (SPARC)

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POLICY ADVICE

We provide evidence-based policy and strategic advice on social and economic challenges to Governments, international organisations, and other development partners. We support social development and work on ageing, child rights, gender, disability and in humanitarian contexts.

SOFTWARE DEVELOPMENT

We develop custom-built management information systems for social protection schemes. Our team understands the code as well as the context, so that we can take our clients through the whole journey – from design, all the way to user training and support.

DATA & RESEARCH

We develop evidence on poverty, vulnerability and on humanitarian issues, and solutions to address them. Our analyses are always grounded in data and innovative methodologies. They inform policy dialogue and help shape social and economic programmes.

PROGRAMME DESIGN

In designing cash transfer programmes, we generate practical and feasible solutions and take a rights-based approach. We have global experience in the technical and operational design of cash transfers, building blocks towards inclusive life-cycle social protection.

INCLUSIVE SOCIAL PROTECTION TRAINING

Convincing policymakers and development partners to invest in inclusive, lifecycle social protection can be challenging.

EVALUATION

We support governments and their development partners to monitor and evaluate their policies in order to accurately measure impacts and accountably track progress towards national and global goals.

UK OFFICE

Tel +44 (0)20 4526 6267

admin@developmentpathways.co.uk

 

Development Pathways Limited,
Fifth Floor, 167-169 Great Portland Street,
London,
W1W 5PF,
United Kingdom

 

Registered in England and Wales, Company number 07408331

KENYA OFFICE

Tel +254 796 037548

Development Pathways Kenya Ltd
P.O Box 22473-00505 Ngong Road

F6, Third Floor, Wood Avenue Park Apartments

Wood Avenue, Kilimani

Nairobi, Kenya

 

Registered in Kenya as a subsidiary of Development Pathways Ltd, Incorporation number PVT/2016/018014

 

ASIA PACIFIC OFFICE

Level 12, 60 Castlereagh Street, Sydney, NSW 2000
GPO Box 5138 Sydney NSW 2001

Registered in Australia as a branch of Development Pathways Ltd, ABN 31 848 118 656.