Social Security Policy Support (SSPS) Programme

An initiative of the Cabinet Division and the General Economics Division (GED), Bangladesh Planning Commission, Government of Bangladesh
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Leaving No Child Behind: A...

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Reflecting on a Decade, Reimagining...

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Leaving No Child Behind: A Policy Dialogue between the Department of Social Services, Ministry of Social Welfare and the Social Security Policy Support (SSPS)...

View Document By Arju Afrin Kathy The report titled “Strengthening Bangladesh's Child Protection and Social Welfare Ecosystem” presents the outcomes of a policy dialogue between the Department of Social Services (DSS), Ministry of Social Welfare, and the Social Security Policy Support (SSPS) Programme supported by UNDP. The dialogue aimed to enhance coordination, integration, and effectiveness of child protection and social protection systems in Bangladesh. It highlighted that while Bangladesh has a strong legal and institutional foundation for child protection—anchored in the Constitution, the Children Act 2013, and international commitments—significant challenges remain in...

Productive Role of...

View Document The paper contains a framework for linking social protection with growth and productivity, an  updated review of the literature, new original work filling...

Social Safety Nets...

View Document Recent years have seen a perceptible increase in interest on social safety nets in developing countries. The emergence of such a policy focus...

Employment Generation for the Hardcore Poor and National Service:...

View Document Developing and least developed countries suffer from high rate of unemployment and poverty. Additionally, they are vulnerable to external shocks and natural disasters....

Does India’s Employment...

View Document In 2005 India introduced an ambitious national antipoverty program, now called the Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme. The program offers up...

Targeting the Poorest:...

View Document The purpose of this study is to help AusAID staff, their counterparts in partner governments and others working in the field of social...

Conditional Cash Transfers:...

View Document 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...

Improving Access to...

View Document Throughout the developing world there is a growing demand for advice on the design of policies to  facilitate access of the most vulnerable...

Richer but resented:...

View Document Cash transfer interventions form increasingly important parts of social protection systems in most countries. Usually, cash transfers are evaluated against their first order...

Unveiling Social Safety...

View Document Interest in safety nets and social protection is growing exponentially. Ways of strengthening the mare called for in high-level statements, researched in academic...