Free course for global development practitioners on including persons with a disability
7th February 2018: The London School of Hygiene & Tropical Medicine is launching a new free online course to support global development practitioners to better include persons with a disability....
Call to switch development funds from low-impact ‘poor relief’ to effective investment
Criticism in the UK media that the Government is exporting a welfare system for the poor to developing countries through financing cash transfer schemes should not be dismissed out of hand, claims Stephen Kidd, CEO of Development Pathways, in a new blog published by Oxfam.
Persons with a disability not sharing in increased prosperity as focus shifts to social protection
12th March 2018: Persons with a disability are losing ground and not sharing in the increased prosperity of many developing countries. This is according to the findings of a new...
Global Summit produces commitments to extend social protection coverage for persons with disabilities
25th July: The UK’s Department for International Development has hailed the commitments yielded by the Global Disability Summit to advance the rights of persons with disabilities worldwide. Penny Mordaunt, International...
Assessing Targeting Options for Nepal’s Social Grants – What Does The Evidence Tell Us?
The Government of Nepal and development partners have been working together to develop a stronger evidence base to inform thinking about social protection policy and support the implementation and scale...
Uganda’s Old Age Pension: Who Benefits?
Uganda has been piloting two social protection schemes over the last few years, under its Expanding Social Protection (ESP) Programme. This is a 5-year government programme, supported by DFID and Irish AID. The pilot schemes are intended to gather evidence on impacts of cash transfers as a means of informing...
Conditional Cash Transfer Programmes – Their Relevance For Nepal
Compared to countries with a similar level of economic development, Nepal is doing very well in terms of its commitment to social protection. Programmes such as the Senior Citizens’ Allowance,...
As DFID commits to disability-inclusive social protection, we highlight an essential solution
3rd December: Development Pathways today sets out a solution for addressing the large gaps in life outcomes between persons with and without disabilities as the UK’s Department for International Development...
Uganda’s Senior Citizens’ Grant: A success story from the heart of Africa
In this paper Development Pathways’ Stephen Kidd discusses the success of Uganda’s Senior Citizens’ Grant (SCG), with evidence from the evaluation of the programme. The SCG, a Government of Uganda...
Social Accountability in the Delivery of Social Protection Nepal Case Study
This report presents the findings of a case study on social accountability in Nepal’s social protection programmes