Rural poverty in China fell from 96 percent in 1980 to less than 1 percent of the population in 2019. Using PovcalNet data for China and a set of comparable countries, this paper estimates growth-poverty...
China’s economy will post strong growth in 2021. Assuming the continued suppression of COVID-19 (coronavirus), growth is projected to reach 8.5 percent this year before slowing to 5.4 percent in 2022...
Following a collapse in the first quarter of 2020, economic activity in China has normalized faster than expected, aided by an effective pandemic-control strategy, strong policy support, and resilient...
Following a collapse in the first quarter of 2020, economic activity in China has normalized faster than expected, aided by an effective pandemic-control strategy, strong policy support, and resilient...
Economic conditions in China have changed dramatically over the past six months. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and measures taken to contain it have triggered a combined demand and supply shock...
Economic conditions in China have changed dramatically over the past six months. The COVID-19 (coronavirus) pandemic and measures taken to contain it have triggered a combined demand and supply shock...
China has used its social protection and jobs (SPJ) system as a core and timely element of its COVID-19 response package for the poor, workers, and firms. China rapidly deployed an emergency assistance...
While COVID-19 has most immediately affected public health, its spillover effects can already beobserved in education, stemming largely from extended school closures. The coronavirus outbreak coincided...
Universal basic income (UBI) is emerging as one of the most hotly debated issues in development and social protection policy. But what are the features of UBI? What is it meant to achieve? How do we...
This report updates the assessment of the performance of the social protection (SP) system in Russia, using the 2014-2017 rounds of the Survey on Incomes and the Participation in Social Programs (VNDN...
This report was prepared to make an inventory of key social protection (SP) programs (over 60) in the Philippines, with the main objective to inform the ongoing review of the country SP Framework and...
This note provides guidance to policy makers who are looking to utilize Social Safety Nets (SSNs) to mitigate the welfare impacts of energy subsidy reforms (ESRs) on the poor. The good practice note...
This book provides users an understanding of key social protection concepts and measurement metrics and introduces them to the ADePT SP software, which is used to conduct social protection performance...
With 1.5 billion people covered globally, food and voucher programs provide an important lifeline for the poor and vulnerable. The study is the 1.5 Billion People Question: Food, Vouchers or Cash Transfers? ...
Over the last decade, a policy revolution has been underway in the developing and emerging world. Country after country is systematically providing non-contributory transfers to poor and vulnerable...
Most countries in the world aspire to protect poorest and most vulnerable families from destitution and thus provide some type of income support to those who are very poor. These programs are often...
This paper is organized in following headings: how can safety nets contribute to economic growth?; political reforms and public policy: evidence from agricultural and food policies; food security and...
This paper provides an up-to date and selective review of the literature on how social safety nets contribute to growth. The evidence is carefully chosen to show how safety nets have the potential to...
This brief summarizes the results of a gender impact evaluation study, entitled Combining longitudinal household and community surveys for evaluation of social transfers : infrastructure rehabilitation...