Briefs
The role of social protection in strengthening local food systems and inclusive rural transformation
14 July 2023
Publication
14 July 2023
Work area: Social Protection and Nutrition
Social protection has a key role in strengthening local food systems and in promoting inclusive rural transformation.
At the 2021 Food Systems Summit, convened by the UN Secretary-General, Home-Grown School Feeding programmes were considered a game...
Publication
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...
Evaluation of the impact of unemployment insurance on the socioeconomic conditions of small-scale fishers
02 February 2023
Publication
02 February 2023
Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture
Country: Brazil
Seguro Desemplego do Pescador Artesanal, or insurance-defeso, is a program related to one of the management measures for fishing in Brazil, the Defeso, which seeks to guarantee the conservation of exploited stocks and the sustainability...
Publication
The impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic and government policies to limit its spread are multi-faceted and complex. Market linkages transmit these impacts through economies, from directly affected...
Cash transfers and women's economic inclusion- Evidence from Zambia
23 September 2022
Publication
23 September 2022
Work area: Social Protection and Resilience
Country: Zambia
This is the policy brief of a paper that investigates whether an increase in exogenous income through the Child Grants model of the Social Cash Transfer programme...