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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Macroeconomic, Vulnerability & Demographic Analyses...

View Document Bangladesh is entering a period of...

Governance Structures, Institutional Architecture, Coordination...

View Document This report assesses the governance structures,...

Macroeconomic, Vulnerability & Demographic Analyses with Integrated Risk Diagnostics and Profiles for Social Policy Systems

View Document Bangladesh is entering a period of significant economic, demographic, and social transition. Over recent decades, the country has achieved substantial progress in economic growth, poverty reduction, human development, and social indicators. At the same time, the context within which social protection systems operate is changing rapidly. Population growth is slowing, urbanisation is accelerating, labour markets are evolving, climate-related risks are increasing, and households are becoming more exposed to economic, health, and livelihood shocks. These changes are occurring alongside a period of political and institutional transition, preparations for graduation...

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...

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...