How do shifts in trade affect social protections for the poor? Although the fraction of the world's population … protection to stabilize their incomes. Among the shocks to which the absolute poor have been exposed are those created by trade … stability from this type of trade require that the poor are provided with some forms of adjustment assistance. We examine the …

-Saharan African countries, in the fields of social protection and food and nutrition security policies and programmes, have directly … protection and food and nutrition security programmes and instruments inspired and encouraged by the Brazilian experiences, and …

, health and nutrition of beneficiaries. Both programs operate on a large scale and have the capacity to impact the factors …-scale programs on health and nutrition. The evidence that exists suggests largely positive impacts indicating a clear potential to … make these programs more nutrition sensitive not just by incorporating elements that would explicitly address nutritional …