Yet, three in four people in low-income countries still lack coverage WASHINGTON, April 7, 2025 –A new World Bank report reveals both the progress and the ongoing challenges in strengthening social ...

Rania Antonopoulos is Director of the Gender Equality and the Economy Program at the Levy Economics Institute of Bard College, New York. Periods of economic upheaval are always destabilizing and, as ...

Two decades ago, IDS published a working paper called ‘Transformative Social Protection’ that would prove to have enormous influence on social protection thinking and development policy. The ...

BEIRUT/LONDON – Since their inception in late-nineteenth-century Europe, social protection programs have been financed primarily through payroll contributions by workers and employers. These schemes ...

EDINBURGH – Ahead of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, countries are being urged to embrace an approach to climate action and finance with social ...

CLIMATE change poses an existential threat to human societies, particularly in low- and middle-income countries that are disproportionately affected yet often lack the resources to mount effective ...

UNHCR’s assistance around the world has been performing the same role as social protection for many years. However, with most refugees in protracted situations and a small percentage of those ...

“While women’s disadvantage in older age is mainly a result of discrimination throughout the life-course, the design of gender-sensitive pension systems is essential.” Gender equality and women’s ...

The World Bank Group supports India to improve the effectiveness of social protection (SP) systems to increase resilience to shocks that can force vulnerable populations into poverty. This includes ...

Social protection features in numerous country policies and development agency strategies, as well as in several Sustainable Development Goals. However, following more than two decades of considerable ...