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The National Conference on Social Protection 2025, held in Dhaka, marked a significant milestone in Bangladesh’s journey toward building an inclusive, resilient, and rights-based social protection system. Convened by the Cabinet Division with support from UNDP and DFAT, the three-day conference brought together policymakers, development partners, academics, civil society leaders, and practitioners to reflect on the achievements of the National Social Security Strategy (NSSS) 2015–2026 and to chart a bold and transformative course for its next generation outlooks.
The conference opened with a powerful address by honorable Chief Guest,...
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The paper contains a framework for linking social protection with growth and productivity, an updated review of the literature, new original work filling...
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Recent years have seen a perceptible increase in interest on social safety nets in developing countries. The emergence of such a policy focus...
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Developing and least developed countries suffer from high rate of unemployment and poverty. Additionally, they are vulnerable to external shocks and natural disasters....
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In 2005 India introduced an ambitious national antipoverty program, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The program offers up...
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The purpose of this study is to help AusAID staff, their counterparts in partner governments and others working in the field of social...
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Conditional Cash Transfers (CCTs) provide mothers of school-age children in extreme poverty with a cash subsidy conditional on their children's attendance at school...
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Throughout the developing world there is a growing demand for advice on the design of policies to facilitate access of the most vulnerable...
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Cash transfer interventions form increasingly important parts of social protection systems in most countries. Usually, cash transfers are evaluated against their first order...
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Interest in safety nets and social protection is growing exponentially. Ways of strengthening the mare called for in high-level statements, researched in academic...