Mother and child health the focus of new maternal health transfers in western Kenya
16/04/2019
A social protection scheme to support the health of expectant and new mothers and their babies in western Kenya is getting underway. The County Government of Vihiga, UNICEF Kenya and...
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New evidence on disability benefits will support UN push to include persons with disabilities
New evidence on the extent to which social protection schemes worldwide are disability-inclusive will support a UN push for disability benefits, according to the ILO. Stefan Trömel, a Senior Disability...
11/04/2019
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Global drive for disability-inclusion moves forward, with new report showing the way
A UN initiative to promote disability-inclusive benefits will be launched alongside a global review of evidence on their implementation. Government development agencies will join both disability organisations and UN agencies...
05/04/2019
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Financial health declines in Kenya, while financial services access and use rises
The ability of Kenyans to use financial products to enable them to cope with shocks such as ill-health has declined, according to a new household survey on financial health. The...
03/04/2019
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Social protection scheme delivery “must improve to reach the underserved”
The implementation of social protection schemes around the world must improve to better reach underserved populations, according to a progress report on the progressive realisation of the right to social...
27/03/2019
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Social protection programme’s role in tackling female genital mutilation highlighted
Uganda’s Senior Citizens Grant (SCG) is contributing to the combating of female genital mutilation, the Government of Uganda has highlighted. A video from the Government’s Expanding Social Protection programme – responsible...
25/03/2019
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World Bank under fire over poverty-targeted schemes after global review of the evidence
The Interim President of the World Bank, Kristalina Georgieva, has been challenged by the BBC over the institution’s support for poverty-targeted social protection. Stephen Sackur of BBC HARDtalk today raises...
19/03/2019
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Poverty targeted schemes could face legal challenges, warns former UN Special Rapporteur
If countries continue to use targeted social protection schemes that fail to reach those in poverty, they may face legal challenges. This comment came from former UN Special Rapporteur on...
15/03/2019
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Revealed: poverty targeting excludes 44–97% of those it aims to reach
Is accurate targeting the Holy Grail of social protection? Unfortunately, the damning record of exclusion errors in targeted social protection programmes is uncovered in our exhaustive global review for the...
13/03/2019
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Final report of global review of targeting effectiveness set to be unveiled
The culmination of an assessment of the targeting effectiveness of social protection programmes across the globe undertaken for the Church of Sweden will be launched this Thursday 14th. Ahead of...
12/03/2019
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