WFP’s support to strengthening the national social protection system in Cambodia
This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP) support to social protection in Cambodia over the last decade.
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This case study reviews the World Food Programme’s (WFP) support to social protection in Cambodia over the last decade.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Much of Yemen’s population needs basic assistance to avoid famine. As well as providing food and cash-based support during a decade of...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper focuses on the responsiveness and resilience of Ethiopia’s Productive Safety Net Programme (PSNP) to large-scale conflict shocks, particularly focusing on how PSNP systems and implementation responded during the 2020–22 conflict in northern Ethiopia.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
In the context of recurrent drought shocks and other climate stresses, and in the aftermath of conflict that has affected different parts of Ethiopia, the country is struggling to address a sizeable humanitarian challenge alongside the need to sustain support to those living in chronic and severe poverty.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Social assistance in Somalia has become deeply embedded in the country’s political economy and struggles with systemic diversion and...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This paper explores the conflict sensitivity of social protection in Sudan in its various forms since the present war started in April 2023, from locally led mutual aid to the social assistance programming of international agencies.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Yemen is experiencing one of the worst crises in the world in terms of levels of suffering and humanitarian need. Intense civil war...
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
Kenya’s social protection system has matured significantly over the last decade, although its resilience in violent conflict has not been tested given the country’s relative stability. Even so, Kenya has significant vulnerabilities, particularly its high spatial and social inequalities, and while devolution may have diffused political tensions from the centre, it has fed into local-level conflicts.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
The interaction between social protection and conflict is an emerging area of study with particular relevance to the Horn of Africa, where conflict and political instability are habitual risks and where social protection is now a well-established field of intervention, including in response to climate-related shocks.
Published by: Institute of Development Studies
This briefing reviews experiences of social assistance measures in response to Covid-19 across low- and middle-income countries, and the extent to which these measures were inclusive of the most marginalised individuals or reached the furthest behind first.