Special Rapporteur cites universal social protection as essential in eradicating poverty
A new report has been submitted by Philip Alston, the former United Nations Special Rapporteur on extreme poverty and human rights. Alston warns that states and global organisations are “completely off track” to meet the Sustainable Development Goal of eradicating extreme poverty by 2030.
The myth of a resilient Lebanon: isn’t it time to end the global paradigm of gender inequality?
Our Senior Social Policy Specialist, Anasuya Sengupta, takes a critical look at the Lebanese crisis not as an exception but a reflection of the unequal world we live in.
COVID-19, the social contract and the need for a new normal for social protection
Our Social Policy Specialist David Hillson takes a look at the recent historical role of the social contract in social protection within the context of COVID-19.
New Podcast: “Investing in Child benefits in a COVID-19 World”
This week, the Pathways’ Perspectives podcast team released their second episode: “Investing in Child Benefits in a COVID-19 World”. The latest episode of Pathways’ Perspectives: The Podcast features Yolande Wright, Director of Poverty Reduction, Climate Resilience, Gender...
Strengthening Rwanda’s social protection system
To strengthen Rwanda's social protection system, we supported the development of a National Social Protection Policy and Strategy.
Assessment of the Social Protection System in Georgia: Final report
Development Pathways has supported the ILO, and its partner UN Women, to complete a general assessment of the social protection system in Georgia. The assessment (carried out during the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020) was undertaken from a lifecycle perspective and in reference to international experiences, as well as to social security standards and conventions.
Social Protection and Disability in India
This paper is one of seven country case studies produced as part of the former DFID-financed study Leaving no-one behind: How social protection can help people with disabilities move out of extreme poverty.
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.
Situational Analysis of Food, Nutrition and Income Security in Karamoja: “A normalising view of Karamoja”
This report offers a different approach to analysing the failed development in Karamoja – it takes a “normalising view” in order to illustrate that the long withstanding “exceptionalism” prism cast over the sub-region has been responsible for the reproduction of negative development indicators.
Webinar announcement – Towards universality: social policy and social protection beyond charity in the SWANA region
On Thursday 17 September 2020, Dr Stephen Kidd and Ghada Barsoum will speak in a webinar hosted by Lebanon Support: Towards universality: social policy and social protection beyond charity in the SWANA region.