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Social Protection
Social Protection has risen rapidly up the policy agenda of governments, donors and NGOs globally. Within the recent economic crisis, early research studies suggest that those using social protection mechanisms are more effective than those countries without.
Centre for Social Protection at IDS
The Centre for Social Protection (CSP) at IDS is working to adresss these challenges. CSP brings together researchers from the Vulnerability and Poverty Team and partner organisations from five regions: Latin America and the Caribbean, Africa, Eastern Europe and Central Asia, South Asia, East and Southeast Asia.
Crisis Watch
Our ongoing Crisis Watch project is monitoring the on-the-ground impacts of the recent financial crisis, methodological innovation around rapid assessments of impacts and its implications for policy.
To find out more about the Centre for Social Protection, please e-mail socialprotection@ids.ac.uk
News »»
CSP Newsletter January/February Issue 19: Social Protection and Children’s Care
Published: 8 Feb 2012
This edition of the CSP newsletter looks at how social protection has the potential to play an important role in preventing the loss of parental care, or to support the provision of adequate alternative care to children.
'A rich country with poor people' Myanmar can build a developmental welfare state
Published: 18 Jan 2012
As Myanmar pursues political reforms, the nation faces a choice between neoliberal policies and a developmental state that provides decent work and social protection for its citizens.
IDS / World Bank report calls for integration of Social Protection, Climate Change Adaptation and Disaster Risk Reduction
Published: 4 Jan 2012
Drawing on international meeting, a new report underscores how collaborating and sharing knowledge across the three fields can better address vulnerability and poverty in the face of climate change.
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Latest Publications on Social Protection »
- Kabeer, N. Huda, K. Kaur, S. and Lamhauge, N. (2012) 'Productive Safety Nets for Women in Extreme Poverty: Lessons from Pilot Projects in India and Pakistan', IDS Research Report 72, Brighton: IDS
- Jackson, C. Butters, S. Byambaa, E. Davies, M. and Perkins, N. (2012) 'Lessons from Social Protection Programme Implementation in Kenya, Zambia and Mongolia (Research Summary)', IDS Research Summary of IDS Research Report 69, Brighton: IDS
- Nishino, Y. and Koehler, G. (2011) 'Social Protection in Myanmar: Making the Case for Holistic Policy Reform', IDS Working Paper 386, Brighton: IDS
- Roelen, K. and Delap, E. (2011) 'Concept Note - Researching the Links between Social Protection and Children’s Care' , Brighton: IDS
- Berhane, G., Hoddinott, J., Kumar, N. and Taffesse, A.S. (2011) 'The impact of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Nets and Household Asset Building Programme: 2006-2010' , Washington, DC: International Food Policy Research Institute
- Devereux, S., Béné, C., Chopra, D., Koehler, G., Roelen, K., Sabates-Wheeler, R. and te Lintelo, D. (2011) 'Social Protection for Social Justice', IDS Bulletin 42.6, Brighton: IDS
- Roelen, K. (2011) 'Stopping Child Poverty in its Tracks: The Role for Social Protection in Vietnam', IDS Working Paper 371, Brighton: IDS
Social Protection projects at IDS »»
- A Study of Effective Referral Mechanisms to Strengthen Child and Social Protection in ESAR - (Ongoing)
- Adaptive Social Protection - The ASP programme uses evidence to link climate change adaptation (CCA), disaster risk reduction (DRR) and social protection (SP). (Ongoing)
- Child Vulnerability Assessment, UNICEF Myanmar - IDS has been commissioned to analyse the most recent Multiple Indicator Cluster Survey (MICS) data and write a report on child vulnerability, which can be utilized for evidence based programming and advocacy to improve children's status in Myanmar. (Ongoing)
- Conditional Cash Transfers (CCT) in Nigeria - Analytical study to assist with the design of a functional health and education conditioned cash transfer for the poor in Nigeria. (2005 - 2006)
- Developing a Social Protection Index for Asia - This project is part of the Asian Development Bank's efforts to address a research gap by quantifying social protection activities throughout Asia by creating a social protection index (SPI) using four summary indicators. (2005 - 2005)
- Development of a Social Protection Strategy for Pakistan - The objective of this work was to assist the GoP with developing a national social protection strategy, involving public and private initiatives that can contribute, both directly and indirectly, to growth, poverty reduction and human security in Pakistan. (2006 - 2006)
- Dowa Emergency Cash Transfers (DECT) - IDS were commissioned to carry out an external evaluation of the DECT programme. (Ongoing)
- Employment, informality and poverty - Joint project led by Sarah Cook, together with Women in Informal Employment: Globalizing and Organizing (WIEGO), to develop collaborative research on informal employment (2007 - 2010)
- Ethiopia Productive Safety Net Programme - Two years after IDS led an assessment of the PSNP after its first year of operation, IDS and its partners have been commissioned to undertake a new study, to provide an update and analysis of key aspects of the PSNP programme. (2008 - 2008)
- FACT Malawi - Concern commissioned IDS to carry out an external evaluation of the FACT programme in Malawi (2006 - 2006)
Related Resources
- CSP Conference 2011: Social Protection for Social Justice
3-day conference on Social Protection for Social Justice, to be held in April 2011 at IDS
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