Training course launches to enable participants to make the case for inclusive social protection
07/06/2019
Development Pathways today announces we are launching an international training course on inclusive social protection at Lake Naivasha, Kenya. If social protection is to be effective, it must be inclusive and implemented...
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Routes to social protection for informal economy workers mapped out, as Pathways offers a way
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Extent of World Bank’s poverty-targeting demands laid bare in civil society analysis
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09/05/2019
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Government of Uganda outlines information and communication technology role in development plans
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30/04/2019
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Mother and child health the focus of new maternal health transfers in western Kenya
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16/04/2019
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New evidence on disability benefits will support UN push to include persons with disabilities
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Global drive for disability-inclusion moves forward, with new report showing the way
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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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