Did Social Protection Assist with Progress Towards the Millennium Development Goals?

Meg Elkins, Simon Feeny and Sefa Awaworyi Churchill ()
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Sefa Awaworyi Churchill: RMIT University

Chapter 11 in Moving from the Millennium to the Sustainable Development Goals, 2020, pp 227-242 from Springer

Abstract: Abstract In this chapter, the authors advance discussions on the relevance of social protection as discussed in the literature and proceed to examine if social protection has played a role in achieving the progress made towards the MDGs. They argue that despite anecdotal evidence promoting social protection as crucial in assisting the vulnerable and poor manage risk, raise human capital and improve their livelihoods, there is an absence of empirical evidence to substantiate these claims. Using data for 101 developing countries, the authors show that social protection coverage is positively associated with progress towards many of the MDGs.

Date: 2020
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DOI: 10.1007/978-981-15-1556-9_11

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