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Migration and Social Protection: Claiming Social Rights Beyond Borders

Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

In a time of increasing migration, citizenship as a form of classificationhas come to assume the kind of importance once reserved for other kinds of discriminatory and exclusionary classifications of status. Although citizenship has many other aspects, for migrants its primary significance is the extent to which it enables them to gain access to a territory and to rights within it.

Marginality, Agency and Power: Experiencing the State in Contemporary India

The idea of the state has shown remarkable resilience over the last couple of decades, despite assaults on it from neoliberal doctrines and the forces of globalization. During this period, the abiding presence and role of the state has been particularly evident in the contemporary political life of the Asia Pacific region.

Policy Making in India: A Dynamic Process of Statecraft

This paper problematizes the concept of the state by studying its role and interactions with society in the realm of making policy. To achieve this, the case of a recently formulated social policy in India, the National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA), is examined.

Adaptive Social Protection: Mapping the Evidence and Policy Context in the Agriculture Sector in South Asia

Published by: IDS

An aim of government and the international community is to respond to global processes and crises through a range of policy and practical approaches that help limit damage from shocks and stresses.

The Mobility Patterns of Rural-Urban Migrants and their Social Protection in China: Beyond the Extension of Urban-based Approaches

Published by: IDS

Although security of residence is central to the social policy agenda in most developed countries, it has not been a prominent concern is most developing countries in recent years. In countries such as Pakistan, urban planning is skewed in favour of housing for the rich and the middle classes.

Documentation of Child and HIV Sensitive Social Protection in the Eastern and Southern African Region

Published by: UNICEF ESARO

This discussion paper is structured as follows: we introduce the concepts of child and HIV sensitive social protection and aim to clarify and link them in terms of underlying rationale and implementation.

The Role of Community Support for the Rural Aged During the Transition in China

Published by: IDS

This study examines the potential for rural communities to generate and allocate resources for rural old age support in the context of decreasing family resources and inadequate state provision.

Are Conditions Pro-Women? A Case Study of a Conditional Cash Transfer in Indonesia

Published by: IDS

Following the success of several South American countries, Indonesia has initiated a pilot of a conditional cash transfer programme called Program Keluarga Harapan (PKH), since 2007.

Housing, Marginalisation and Mobility in Pakistan: Residential Security as Social Protection

Published by: IDS

Although security of residence is central to the social policy agenda in most developed countries, it has not been a prominent concern is most developing countries in recent years. In countries such as Pakistan, urban planning is skewed in favour of housing for the rich and the middle classes.

Tenure Security and Urban Social Protection in India

Published by: IDS

CSP Research Report 05 - This paper is contextualised against India's forthcoming national urban housing programme, the Rajiv Awaas Yojana (RAY), the key component of which is to extend property rights to slum dwellers.