About two-thirds of households in Armenia have at least one member receiving social benefits. Coverage is evenly distributed across urban and rural areas. Across regions, social protection coverage varies...
About one-third of households in Georgia have at least one member receiving social benefits. Coverage is not evenly distributed: it is significantly higher in rural areas, where reliance on social assistance...
Le rapport sur la situation économique de la Mauritanie (RSEM) est une publication périodique de la Banque mondiale (BM) qui met en lumière les tendances économiques récentes et examine les questions de...
Brief infographic that looks at social safety nets in the Sahel.
Globally, the expansion of social assistance is among the most common public policy responses to the COVID-19 pandemic. The scale of these programs is unprecedented both in terms of government spending...
Since its creation in 2011, the Ministry of Development and Social Inclusion (MIDIS) has been the governing body of social protection in Peru, with responsibility for the three largest conditional transfer...
Academic and case study evidence reveals that digitizing government-to-person (G2P) payments can increase government-wide fiscal savings by minimizing transfers to unintended beneficiaries, ensuring beneficiaries...
Women, Business and the Law has the objective to inform research, policy discussions, and development operations on women's economic opportunities by producing primary data on laws, regulations, and policies...
The definition of standards related to Adaptive Social Protection (ASP) instruments aims to provide teams with a common understanding of what can make up an ASP system in Sahel countries. These standards...
This note presents the context and objectives of the Yokk Koom Koom program, an innovative approach aimed at promoting economic inclusion and strengthening the resilience of vulnerable populations in Senegal...
This report documents advances and challenges to strengthening low- and middle-income countries' social protection and labor systems. It discusses ways to gradually close the coverage gap to protect the...
This report documents advances and challenges to strengthening low- and middle-income countries' social protection and labor systems. It discusses ways to gradually close the coverage gap to protect the...
This report documents advances and challenges to strengthening low- and middle-income countries' social protection and labor systems. It discusses ways to gradually close the coverage gap to protect the...
This report documents advances and challenges to strengthening low- and middle-income countries' social protection and labor systems. It discusses ways to gradually close the coverage gap to protect the...
The objective of the Third Additional Financing for Scaling-up Shock Responsive Social Protection Project is to to protect poor and vulnerable households' consumption in response to shocks in Zambia...
La définition des standards relatifs aux instruments de la Protection Sociale Adaptative (PSA) a pour objectif d’offrir aux équipes une compréhension commune de ce qui peut composer un système de PSA dans...
This brief highlights the impact of providing early transfers to respond to droughts shocks faster than the traditional response.