Interconnected and often devastating covariate shocks are a threat to human development. Covariate shocks are shocks that affect large numbers of people or communities at once and can be natural, economic, or political. Occurrence and the human devastation from natural disasters has increased...

Lesotho has notably high levels of poverty and inequality despite a high level of government spending on social protection programmes. We assess the performance of this spending in reducing consumption poverty and inequality, applying benefit incidence and microsimulation methods to 2017/2018...

Esta nota de política econômica analisa como os sistemas de proteção social e de trabalho do Brasil podem ser reformados de forma mais eficaz em resposta aos desafios que o país enfrentará nas próximas duas décadas, além de promover a inclusão social e a prosperidade compartilhada....