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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Effect of payments for health care on poverty estimates in 11 countries in Asia: an analysis of household survey data

View Document Background Conventional estimates of poverty do not take account of out-of-pocket payments to finance health care. We aimed to reassess measures of poverty...

Fighting chronic and extreme poverty in Bangladesh: implications for the second generation Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper

View Document The Government of Bangladesh is currently in the process of preparing the second Poverty Reduction Strategy Paper. In order to inform this process,...

Social Protection for the Poor and Poorest in Developing Countries: Reflections on a Quiet Revolution

View Document The concept and practice of social protection in developing countries has advanced at an astonishing pace over the last decade or so. There...

A Review of Social Protection in South Asia

View Document This paper provides an overview of social protection strategies in the South Asian context, focusing on Bangladesh, India, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka...

Action Plan for Building a National Social Protection Strategy

View Document This report sets out an action plan for the preparation of a National Social Protection Strategy for Bangladesh by December 2012. It explains...