Assessing the Adequacy of Tax-financed Social Protection in Viet Nam
This report sets out a number of references to determine the adequacy of tax-financed benefits in Viet Nam and offers a range of options to preserve (and potentially improve and recover) their value into the future.
Exploring the Evidence, Background Research Papers for Preparing the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) of Bangladesh
In this paper Stephen Kidd contributed chapter’s 7 & 8. 7. Building a Social Protection System to Address the Demographic Challenges Faced by Bangladesh. 8. International Best Practice in Social...
Webinar from the IAFFE reflects on COVID-19 from a feminist economist perspective
Daisy Sibun reflects on observations and opinions made by speakers during a webinar hosted by the International Association for Feminist Economics (IAFFE) titled “Feminist Economics Perspectives on COVID-19″. The COVID-19...
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.
The IMF show support for Universal Transfers as a temporary tool during COVID-19 crisis
The COVID-19 crisis is forcing governments and organisations to assess their fiscal strategies in response to the severe economic downturn triggered by the pandemic. The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has...
Who contributes? Re-thinking “Non-contributory” within a citizenship paradigm
Our Senior Social Policy Specialist Shea McClanahan challenges us to broaden our perspective on what it means to contribute and, by extension, to deserve social protection.
What a bunch of oxymorons in international social protection!
Nicholas Freeland Let me begin by clarifying that an oxymoron is not some kind of bovine nincompoop. An oxymoron defines a phrase that is inherently self-contradictory. The word itself is a good example, deriving as it does from two contradictory Greek words: ὀξύς (oxys), which means sharp or clever, and...
ILO urges countries to realise the right to social security to respond to the global COVID-19 crisis
"Social protection systems are an indispensable part of a coordinated policy response to the unfolding crisis" highlights the Social Protection Spotlight brief released by the International Labour Organization.
Social Protection and Disability in Brazil
This report comprises one component of the DFID-financed study: “Leaving no-one behind: how social protection can help people with disabilities move out of extreme poverty.” It is one of seven country case studies to identify good practice in enabling the inclusion of persons with disability in social protection systems and programmes.
Out of reach: targeting fails to keep pace with household dynamics
Can poverty-targeting work effectively if it assumes fast-changing households are static? Nicola Ansell discusses research which underscores the challenges to the selection mechanisms ahead of a forthcoming global review of the evidence. Nicola Ansell What is a household? Around the world, policymakers frequently confront this seemingly simple concept, only to find...