Reviewing Vietnam social protection spending to protect and enhance benefits
Development Pathways supported development partners and the Vietnamese Government in its wide-reaching social protection reform process. Continuing this commitment, Development Pathways was commissioned by the ILO to review Vietnam’s social protection expenditures, including...
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...
Addressing the economic crisis of COVID-19 in Asia through social protection
UNDP Asia-Pacific and Development Pathways worked to prepare an analytical background paper on fiscal mechanisms to promote inter-generational equity. However, midway through the project, the COVID-19 pandemic hit. With all Asian economies having been hit hard by the crisis and economic growth falling significantly, Development Pathways conducted additional research and analysis to develop a publication.
Webinar announcement: The social contract and the role of social protection in building trust in government and strengthening the nation-state
This webinar will explore how countries across the Global South could learn from history and use universal social protection to build a virtuous circle of enhanced trust in government, a stronger social contract, and a greater willingness of citizens to pay tax so that they can generate the fiscal space that enables progressive governments, over time, to offer high quality universal public services to all of their citizens.
Assessment of the Social Protection Floor in Armenia
This assessment identifies areas for further strengthening the social protection floor in Armenia, with particular attention to gender equality. It also reiterates the importance of social protection floors to protect...
Webinar reflections: The social contract and the role of social protection is crucial in building trust in governments – now and beyond COVID-19
Universal social security systems and transfers build trust and show that governments care – this was the message from the Act Church of Sweden and Development Pathways webinar held recently.
Analysing the scope for social protection in Somaliland
In the absence of government-led social protection schemes, Save the Children is piloting a child-sensitive social protection (CSSP) programme in Somaliland. Anh Tran, from Development Pathways, is working with Save the Children to analyse the scope for social protection in Somaliland, building on the CSSP, and providing specific recommendations to lay the foundation for building inclusive social protection schemes in Somaliland, that leave no children behind.
Black Lives Matter – in social protection and international development
Our blogger, Stephen Kidd, is a Senior Social Policy Specialist at Development Pathways. The Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has highlighted the systemic racism that is deeply embedded within the attitudes and institutions of rich nations. While the immediate focus has been on police brutality, institutional discrimination permeates both public...
Social protection and disability in Mauritius
This working paper, focusing on Mauritius, continues a series of publications that identify good practice in enabling the inclusion of people with disabilities in social protection systems and programmes.