Extending the coverage of social insurance schemes to rural areas of the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) is challenging because of high administrative costs and a...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

Some of the main barriers preventing the expansion of social insurance (SI) schemes to agricultural workers(AWs) in the region are of a financial nature. Usually, SI schemes...

Rural areas are less covered by social insurance mechanisms than urban areas; however, in West Africa (as in other regions in the world), social assistance programmes often cover more people in rural areas than in...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

Particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic, the ability of digital technologies to lower administrative costs, improve data accuracy, quality and transparency and facilitate monitoring of social protection delivery became clear. However, these technologies may also exacerbate...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

In recent years, the social protection sector has made great strides in strengthening registries and information systems, in an effort to expand and improve the delivery of ben- efits and services to the diverse target...