Poverty in rural areas is generated and exacerbated by highly heterogeneous employment arrangements; high levels of unemployment and underemployment; poor-quality and unproductive jobs; unsafe work and insecure income; lack of access to services; and exclusion...

Work area: Social Protection and Resilience

Given the imminent challenges climate change poses for poverty reduction and sustainable development, the need for coherent and integrated climate risk management approaches that address the underlying causes of vulnerability – and that simultaneously increase...

Este folleto destaca el papel primordial que desempeña la protección social a la hora de abordar las numerosas barreras a las que las familias más pobres del entorno rural deben hacer frente para conseguir medios...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

Using rural economy-wide impact simulation methods and cost-benefit analysis, this study examines the impacts of individual and combined social...

Many social protection programmes, including cash transfers, public works programmes and asset transfers, target women as main beneficiaries or...