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...

View Document By Arju Afrin Kathy The report titled...

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...

The Poverty Impact...

View Document The rationale for public investment in rural roads is that households can better exploit agricultural and non-agricultural opportunities to employ labor and capital...

The Growth Report...

View Document Since 1950, 13 economies have grown at an average rate of 7 percent a year or more for 25 years or longer. At...

The gender wage...

View Document This study utilizes the 2007 Bangladesh Occupational Wage Dataset to investigate determinants of earnings and to estimate gender wage differentials in a large...

Social transfers and...

In the first decade of the new century, social protection has emerged as a new paradigm for antipoverty policy thinking in the global South....

Social Protection Research...

View Document The report sets out an agenda for future research on social protection in low income countries. It does this by first examining the...

Social Protection and...

View Document Social protection initiatives are as much at risk from climate change as other development approaches. They are unlikely to succeed in reducing poverty...

Macroeconomic Implications of...

View Document Social safety net is a measure taken by the government in order to prevent the vulnerable section of its population to fall beyond...

Macro Crises and...

View Document A central question for policy makers concerned to help the poor through a macro crisis is how to target scarcer resources at a...

Reaching the Poorest:...

View Document Microfinance is about extending financial access to poor and excluded people. However, apart from a few notable exceptions, microfinance has not typically reached...