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Impacts of COVID-19 lockdowns and aid packages: Evidence from Viet NamIn view of the detrimental effect of COVID-19 lockdowns on household welfare, most countries implemented economic stimulus aid packages to support households...
COVID-19 Social assistance LockdownWorking Paper
Social protection for working-age women in Tanzania: Exploring past policy trajectories and simulating future pathsTanzania has expanded its social protection framework significantly over the past decade, but the country continues to grapple with important gender inequalities...
Social protection Tanzania WomenWorking Paper
Social distress and (some) relief: Estimating the impact of pandemic job loss on poverty in South AfricaUp-to-date, nationally representative household income/expenditure data are crucial to estimating poverty during the COVID-19 pandemic and to policy-making more broadly, but South Africa lacks such data...
COVID-19 Poverty Labour marketBook Chapter
Structural transformation and inclusive growth: Kuznets’ ‘developer’s dilemma’ in IndonesiaFrom the book: The developer’s dilemma
Structural transformation Inclusive growth IndonesiaBlog
Social protection at a crossroad
How can we ensure a resilient and inclusive recovery from COVID-19? How can we hold on to the target of eradicating poverty and hunger by 2030, with the pandemic still ongoing?...
COVID-19 Social assistance Social protectionProject
Effects of aid on social protection systems in sub-Saharan Africa
Theme: Transforming states
Foreign aid Development aid Aid effectivenessBlog
How Africa can fight the pandemic
The response to Africa’s COVID-19 plight must be swift and at scale rather than too little, too late...
COVID-19 Pandemic Economic Policy and Good GovernanceWorking Paper
Structural transformation and inclusive growth: Kuznets’ ‘developer’s dilemma’ in IndonesiaWe focus on special characteristics of the manufacturing sector, in terms of employment generation and productivity growth, that enable the rapid, resilient economic catch-up of developing countries...
Structural transformation Inclusive growth IndonesiaBook
The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern AfricaThe notion that social protection should be a key strategy for reducing poverty in developing countries has now been mainstreamed within international development policy and practice...
Social protection Social assistance International development organizationsPolicy Brief
The politics of social protection in Eastern and Southern Africa: Actors, institutions and dynamicsSince the mid-1990s, there has been in Africa something of a ‘quiet revolution’ in poverty reduction strategies with the proliferation of social assistance programmes that entail cash transfers to the poor...
Social protection Social assistance International development organizationsJournal Article
Welfare and Redistributive Effects of Social Assistance in the Global SouthPart of Journal Special Issue Welfare and distributive effects of social assistance in the Global South
Social assistance Social protection PovertyBlog
The case for universal social insurance in Latin America
Access to effective social insurance in Latin America is typically determined by workers’ status in the labor market – whether they have formal or informal jobs...
Social assistance Social protection Social health insuranceBook Chapter
The negotiated politics of social protection in East and Southern AfricaFrom the book: The Politics of Social Protection in Eastern and Southern Africa
Social assistance Politics Sub-Saharan AfricaWorking Paper
Welfare and redistributive effects of social assistance in the Global SouthThis paper presents an analysis of the recent evolution of social assistance in the developing world, looking at its complex typological configuration, which has interlinked with, and partly reflects the complex demographic and epidemiological transi...
Social assistance Social protection PovertyJournal Article
Policy Transparency in the Public Sector: The Case of Social Benefits in TanzaniaPart of Journal Special Issue SOUTHMOD: Modelling Tax-benefit Systems in Developing Countries
Transparency Social assistance Community targetingWorking Paper
Policy transparency in the public sector: The case of social benefits in TanzaniaA well functioning system of public service delivery requires the definition and measurement of eligibility for services to be determined in a transparent and non-discretionary manner...
Transparency Social assistance Community targeting