Country: Lesotho

Social protection has been recognized as a key strategy to address poverty, vulnerability and social exclusion in Lesotho.   As a result, the Government, with support from UNICEF and the European Union, developed...

Country: Lesotho

This report presents findings from a study of the local-economy impacts of one of Lesotho’s largest social programmes, the Child Grants Programme (CGP), and a rural development...

Country: Lesotho

This report presents analysis and findings from an institutional assessment conducted during March - September 2019 of the Lesotho Child Grants Programme (CGP), a national social protection...

Work area: Social Protection and Agriculture

COVID-19 has shown that the importance of social protection for protecting lives and livelihoods is more critical than ever, as confirmed by the surge of government measures following the outbreak of the pandemic. Yet most...

Agricultural workers are exposed to many risks during their life cycle and are particularly vulnerable to covariate risks, such as droughts, armed conflict and pandemics. Despite the great potential of social protection policies to protect...