Assessing the potential for multi-tiered child benefits in Viet Nam – A policy brief
In this report, we examine the potential for a multi-tiered child benefit in Viet Nam.
Could the Who’s Who Agree on What’s What? Reflections on the Universal Child Grants (*aka* UCB ) Conference
Shea McClanahan Conference organisers can be congratulated for bringing together some of the most influential and up-and-coming thinkers and practitioners in social protection for last week’s International Conference on Universal Child Grants in Geneva. Top minds from international organisations and entities exchanged ideas with key national policymakers, practitioners, consultants and...
Universal Child Benefits and the need for disability- and equity-sensitive social protection
Alexandra Barrantes highlights her take-aways on disability and dignity from the recent Universal Child Benefits conference in Geneva. A couple of weeks ago, UNICEF and the ILO gathered together a large group of international experts, practitioners and government officials to discuss Universal Child Benefits (UCBs). The issue prompting the discussions was the compelling the case for UCBs and for universal social protection in general. Although countries around...
Building a National Social Protection System Fit for Uzbekistan’s Children and Youth
This paper examines the challenges faced by the population of Uzbekistan, in particular those faced by its children and young people, and aims to assess the effectiveness of the current social protection system in addressing these challenges.
Scoping and Sector Review of Social Protection in Somaliland
This Scoping Study and Sector Review is a strategic analysis of the existing policy landscape in Somaliland in order to inform the development of a Social Protection system.
Valor Criança: Angola starts to lay the first building block of an inclusive social protection system
Alexandra Barrantes It is widely recognised that if countries wish to successfully address poverty, enhance human development, augment people’s capacity to engage in the labour market, enhance a national social contract conducive to greater social cohesion and generate sustainable economic growth, it is necessary to build inclusive national social protection...
An inclusive child grant in Papua: lessons learnt from implementing cash transfers in remote contexts
Mahkota has launched a new paper discussing the lessons learnt from implementing cash transfers in the remote province Papua, Indonesia.
Pinpointing routes to child well-being and social security in Georgia
Georgia has made impressive progress in tackling poverty among children, with the child poverty rate falling from one in five to less than one in three from 2009 to 2013....
The case for universal social protection is more self-evident than ever
Our blogger, Shahra Razavi, is the director of the Social Protection Department at the International Labour Organization (ILO). This blog was originally written for the Social Protection Department at the ILO, you can read the original blog here. The idea that societies can be secure by relying on individualised market-based provision for those who can afford...
Child-sensitive social protection in Uganda
The report on child-sensitive social protection in Uganda presents an analysis of the social protection system from a child-sensitive lens, with a focus on Direct Income Support. It includes recommendations...