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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Family Card Programme Inauguration: Community...

By Md Nipun Afridi, Sadia Afrin Suvra,...

Family Card Programme – A...

By Arju Afrin Kathy View Document The Family Card...

Family Card Programme Inauguration: Community Response and Early Observations

By Md Nipun Afridi, Sadia Afrin Suvra, Takia Islam Toma View Document On the morning of 10 March 2026, the T&T playground in Banani, next to the Korail area, hosted theinauguration of Bangladesh’s Family Card Programme. Women from nearby communities gathered at thevenue along with government officials and representatives from different organizations to witness thelaunch of the new Social Protection initiative.For many of the women present, the programme meant more than just introducing a new policy. Inhouseholds where income is often uncertain and savings are limited, the possibility of regular financialsupport...

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...

Inclusive Development: Two...

View Document This compendium brings together two companion papers on inclusive development. The first paper uses the global literature to formulate a conceptualisation of inclusive...

Impact of Infrastructures...

View Document The study deals with two questions: what role infrastructures can plan in promoting paid work opportunities for women and what specific type of...

Conceptualizing Chronic Poverty

View Document This paper provides a meaning for the term chronic poverty ‘in a nutshell’ and explores the concepts of poverty, vulnerability and poverty dynamics that...

The World Bank’s...

View Document Is there a conspiracy afoot? Practitioners of social protection have long debated the relative merits of conditional and unconditional cash transfers. Now the...