Institute of Development Studies

Lessons from Social Protection Programme Implementation

'Research from the Centre for Social Protection and UNICEF shows how successful social protection programmes are built'

Good practice and innovation must be captured and must inform policy in order to contribute to poverty and vulnerability reduction. With funding from Irish Aid, the Centre for Social Protection at IDS formed a partnership with UNICEF to research how ‘good’ practice in social protection programming can be transformed into common practice to help interrupt the intergenerational transfer of poverty (IGT) through investments in human capital (education, health, nutrition).

Research aimed to understand which factors in social protection programming (e.g. design, implementation) account for success.

The research had two main objectives:

1. To enhance lesson learning in a multi-sited organisation (UNICEF) around good practice in social protection programming
2. To increase understanding of ways in which research and communication can be used to capture and improve good practice within a multilateral organisation.

Three case studies were chosen, each at a different stage of implementation:

1. Cash Transfer for Orphans and Vulnerable Children (CT-OVC) in Kenya
2. Social Cash Transfer (SCT) in Zambia
3. Child Money Programme (CMP) in Mongolia.

IDS Video Brief - Good Practice in Social Protection: Mapping Innovation for Practice and Policy

 

Related Content

• In support of the Policy Brief – Good Practice in Social Protection - Lessons from Kenya and Zambia
• In Country Case Study Reports for all 3 countries are available on request
• Both the In-Focus Policy Brief and the Video Briefing have also been produced in French and are available on request

• IDS key contact: Mark Davies
• Project dates: December 2008 - July 2011
• Project status: Closed
• Funder: Irish Aid

Researchers

• Mark Davies
• Saul Butters
• Nick Perkins

Partner Organisations

• United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF)

Selected Outputs

• Davies, M. (2011) 'Designing Social Protection as an Effective and Sustainable Investment', IDS In-Focus Policy Briefing 17, Brighton: IDS
• Jackson, C., Butters, S. Byambaa, E. Davies, M. and Perkins, N. (2011) 'Lessons from Social Protection: Programme Implementation in Kenya, Zambia and Mongolia', IDS Research Report 69, Brighton: IDS

Selected News

• New IDS-led research aims to mainstream good practice in social protection