Tanzania has expanded its social protection framework significantly over the past decade, but the country continues to grapple with important gender inequalities. This paper examines, first, the evolution and effects of Tanzania's social protection policies since the 2000s, from the perspective...

COVID-19 pandemic is causing immense disruption to the world of work in the unprecedented way. Due to this pandemic, Statistics Indonesia (BPS) shows that the open unemployment rate has surged to its highest level since 2011.Indonesian social policy protection program previously does not...

Programs to fight poverty aim at allowing individuals to support themselves ex-post, when they are not part of the program anymore. We compare the ex-post effects of conditional and unconditional cash transfer programs on labor income. We use an experiment where low-income individuals are...

COVID-19 has affected all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and groups already vulnerable before the crisis, such as children, have been particularly affected. Social protection can promote children's well-being and reduce the negative impacts of crises on them,...

COVID-19 has affected all countries in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) region, and groups already vulnerable before the crisis, such as children, have been particularly affected. Social protection can promote children's well-being and reduce the negative impacts of crises on them,...