Social Security and the Growth of the Precariat
Guy Standing makes a lot of sense in a recent article he wrote for The Guardian. He argues that successive British governments have created a precariat, a growing sector of the population with minimal job security and inadequate access to social benefits. A growing commitment by government to means-test social security benefits...
IMF urged to re-think loan conditions that hit social protection spending
4th July: Development Pathways joins over 50 groups in writing to the IMF to ask that it re-think the conditions that it applies to loans that reduce spending on social protection and other investments in people.
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...
“Growing debate around universality” sees diverging estimates of basic income impacts
3rd September: A “growing debate around universality” in the design of social protection programmes has been acknowledged by a senior economist at the World Bank. His comments come after the...
Safety Net ≠ Social Assistance
The first in our Pathways Perspectives publication series Safety Net ≠ Social Assistance is a reaction by Nicholas Freeland to what he perceives is a misuse of the term ‘social...
Leading Kenyan parliamentarian set to respond to fresh evidence on disability-inclusive social protection
15th October: The first Krystle Kabare Memorial Event will tomorrow reveal findings from DFID-related research to which she contributed on the role social protection can play in enabling persons with disabilities...
The Seven Deadly Myths of Social Protection
Nicholas Freeland aims to dispel some of the more common myths about social security systems in developing countries.
Poverty, Vulnerability and Social Protection in the Pacific – the Role of Social Transfers
This paper examines the evidence on poverty and vulnerability and its causes in the region, and seeks to understand what role social transfers such as pensions, child grants and disability grants, could play in tackling poverty.
London event will agree social protection next steps in follow-up to Global Disability Summit
25th October: In a follow-up to the Global Disability Summit, an expert panel is set to meet to agree next steps in building social protection systems that enable persons with...
Affordable social security: the case of Uzbekistan
It is an article of faith among neoliberals that developing countries can afford to invest very little in social security. For example, in its Social Protection Strategy for Africa, the World Bank questions the fiscal affordability of universal pensions of southern Africa despite their relatively small budgets of between 0.5%...