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Child poverty in Bangladesh and the social protection response : a brief overview and ways forward

Sjöblom, Disa - In: Social protection in Bangladesh : building effective …, (pp. 251-270). 2014

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Income, inequality and the role of social safety net program in eradicating poverty from Bangladesh

Chowdhury, Amirul Islam - In: Bangladesh journal of political economy 37 (2021) 1, pp. 193-217

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Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective

Arruda, Pedro Lara de; Markhof, Yannick; Franciscon, Isabela - 2020

This Research Report summarises an analysis of 51 non-contributory social protection programmes led by central government in the eight countries of South Asia. The sample manages to capture the flagship initiatives of national systems, providing a broad overview of current relevant social...

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Financing the Zambia social cash transfer scale-up : a tax benefit microsimulation analysis based on MicroZAMOD

Kampamba, Remmy; Pellerano, Luca; Banda, Charles; … - 2019

This paper assesses the effects on poverty and inequality of the alternative targeting approaches that Zambia's Social … government introduced support based on giving actual cash through social cash transfers aimed at reducing poverty and … of social cash transfers, nationwide extreme poverty would be 1.6 percentage points higher than otherwise. The results …

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What's next for social protection in light of COVID-19: challenges ahead

Peres, Aline (ed.); Brito, Roberta (ed.); … - 2021

In 2020, the extensive consequences of the COVID-19 crisis placed social protection even more squarely at the centre of attention. As the health, economic and social impacts of COVID-19 echoed all over the world, social protection programmes were urgently developed, adapted, or extended to...

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Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, policy responses and the missing middle in South Asia

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth - 2020

This report documents the ongoing policy responses to the COVID-19 crisis in South Asia and lessons that can be drawn for the future of social protection in the region. It discusses the epidemiological evolution of the disease and the containment measures adopted, the channels through which the...

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Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, policy responses and the missing middle in South Asia : executive summary

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth - 2020

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Policy responses to COVID-19 : why social cohesion and social protection matter in Africa

Leininger, Julia; Schiller, Armin von; Strupat, Christoph; … - German Institute of Development and Sustainability - 2022

softened over time where levels of democracy, poverty, and inequality were higher, social protection made a mediating … difference only in autocratic states and societies with higher poverty. Three contributions of the empirical analysis stand out …

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Revisiting poverty trends and the role of social protection systems in Africa during the COVID-19 pandemic

Abay, Kibrom A.; Yonzan, Nishant; Kurdi, Sikandra; … - 2022

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Urban exclusion : rethinking social protection in the wake of the pandemic in India

Choudhuri, Pallavi; Pramanik, Santanu; Desai, Sonalde - 2024

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