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80: The role of social insurance schemes in addressing the risks faced by agricultural workers in the Middle East and North Africa

Lucas Sato and Nourjelha Mohamed

77: The role of socialprotection.org in fostering knowledge exchange and capacity-building in social protection through a knowledge brokering perspective

Mariana Balboni, Marina Carvalho, Patricia Velloso and Roberta Brito

75: Executive Summary—Social protection responses to COVID-19 in MENA: Design, implementation and child-sensitivity

Charlotte Bilo, João Pedro Dytz and Lucas Sato

74: Public expenditure analysis for social protection in Sri Lanka

Nicolò Bird, Ganga Tilakaratna, Louise Moreira Daniels, Shilohni Sumanthiran, Élise Chrétien, Krista Alvarenga and Pedro Arruda

73: Practitioner Note 4: Inclusive social protection for forcibly displaced populations

Lucas Sato

72: Practitioner Note 3: Inclusive communication, case management and accountability

Maya Hammad

69: Overview of Zakat practices around the world

Maya Hammad

68: Practitioner Note 2: Inclusive transfer value, type and payment modalities

Maya Hammad

67: Practitioner Note 1: Inclusive targeting, identification and registration

Maya Hammad

66: Afghanistan: Needs assessment

Beatriz Burattini, Rafael Osorio, Louisa Wagner, Yannick Markhof and Pedro Arruda

63: Social protection and response to COVID-19 in Latin America and the Caribbean: Innovations in registration and payment systems

Nurth Palomo, Luis Vargas Faulbaum, Anna Carolina Machado, Camila Rolon, Fabio Veras Soares, Monica Rubio, Florencia Alejandre and Gerardo Escaroz

62: Social assistance programmes in South Asia: an evaluation of socio-economic impacts

Yannick Markhof, Isabela Franciscon, Nicolò Bird and Pedro Arruda

61: Executive Summary—Social assistance programmes in South Asia: an evaluation of socio-economic impacts

Yannick Markhof, Isabela Franciscon, Nicolò Bird and Pedro Arruda

60: Next Practices—Innovations in the COVID-19 social protection responses and beyond

Maya Hammad, Fabianna Bacil and Fabio Veras Soares

59: Executive Summary—Next Practices—Innovations in the COVID-19 social protection responses and beyond

Maya Hammad, Fabianna Bacil and Fabio Veras Soares

58: Social protection and Venezuelan migration in Latin America and the Caribbean in the context of COVID-19

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig), UNICEF–Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean and World Food Programme (wfp)

57: Improving social protection for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt: An overview of international practices

Marina Andrade, Lucas Sato and Maya Hammad

56: Executive Summary—Improving social protection for migrants, refugees and asylum seekers in Egypt: An overview of international practices

Marina Andrade, Lucas Sato and Maya Hammad

55: Social protection legislative frameworks in South Asia from a children's rights perspective

Luca Lazzarini

54: Executive Summary—Social protection legislative frameworks in South Asia from a children's rights perspective

Luca Lazzarini

53: Social protection in Sudan—system overview and programme mapping

Charlotte Bilo, Anna Carolina Machado and Fabianna Bacil

52: Social protection coverage—Sudan case study

Fabianna Bacil and Wesley Silva

51: Executive Summary—Social protection coverage—Sudan case study

Fabianna Bacil and Wesley Silva

50: Social protection coverage toolkit

Fabianna Bacil, Charlotte Bilo and Wesley Silva

49: Executive Summary—Social protection coverage toolkit

Fabianna Bacil, Charlotte Bilo and Wesley Silva

48: Executive Summary–Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, policy responses and the missing middle in South Asia

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig)

47: Socio-economic impacts of COVID-19, policy responses and the missing middle in South Asia

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig)

46: Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective

Pedro Arruda, Yannick Markhof, Isabela Franciscon, Wesley Silva and Charlotte Bilo

45: Executive Summary–Overview of non-contributory social protection programmes in South Asia from a child and equity perspective

Pedro Arruda, Yannick Markhof, Isabela Franciscon, Wesley Silva and Charlotte Bilo

44: Social spending in South Asia—an overview of government expenditure on health, education and social assistance

Carolina Bloch

43: Executive Summary—Social spending in South Asia—an overview of government expenditure on health, education and social assistance

Carolina Bloch

42: Executive Summary—The role of social protection in young people's transition to work in the Middle East and North Africa

Nicolò Bird and Wesley Silva

41: The role of social protection in young people's transition to work in the Middle East and North Africa

Nicolò Bird and Wesley Silva

39: Executive Summary—Maternity and paternity in the workplace in Latin America and the Caribbean: a review of national policies for paternity and maternity leave and support to breastfeeding in the workplace

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig) and UNICEF—Regional Office for Latin America and the Caribbean

38: Gender and social protection in South Asia: an assessment of the design of non-contributory programmes

Raquel Tebaldi and Charlotte Bilo

37: Executive Summary—Gender and social protection in South Asia: an assessment of the design of non-contributory programmes

Raquel Tebaldi and Charlotte Bilo

36: Fiscal space for child-sensitive social protection in the MENA region

Carolina Bloch, Charlotte Bilo, Imane Helmy, Rafael Osorio and Fabio Veras Soares

35: Executive Summary—Fiscal space for child-sensitive social protection in the MENA region

Carolina Bloch, Charlotte Bilo, Imane Helmy, Rafael Osorio and Fabio Veras Soares

34: The potential of the socialprotection.org platform to support policymaking and innovation on social protection

Aline Peres, Ashleigh Slingsby and Mariana Balboni

33: Executive Summary - Evaluation of the Coverage and Benefit Incidences of Food Fortification in Mozambique

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

32: Evaluation of the Coverage and Benefit Incidences of Food Fortification in Mozambique

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig)

31: Executive Summary - Building Shock-Responsive National Social Protection Systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Raquel Tebaldi

30: Building Shock-Responsive National Social Protection Systems in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region

Raquel Tebaldi

29: Executive Summary - Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Inventory of non-contributory programmes

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig) and United Nations Children’s Fund (unicef)

28: Social Protection in Asia and the Pacific: Inventory of non-contributory programmes

International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth (ipc-Ig) and United Nations Children’s Fund (unicef)

27: Executive Summary - Children’s Right to Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa Region—an Analysis of Legal Frameworks from a Child Rights Perspective

Charlotte Bilo and Anna Carolina Machado

26: Children’s Right to Social Protection in the Middle East and North Africa Region—an Analysis of Legal Frameworks from a Child Rights Perspective

Charlotte Bilo and Anna Carolina Machado

25: Executive Summary - Overview of Non-contributory Social Protection Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Through a Child and Equity Lens

Anna Carolina Machado, Charlotte Bilo, Fabio Veras Soares and Rafael Osorio

24: Overview of Non-contributory Social Protection Programmes in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) Region Through a Child and Equity Lens

Anna Carolina Machado, Charlotte Bilo, Fabio Veras Soares and Rafael Osorio

22: The Food Security Policy Context in Brazil

Danuta Chmielewska and Darana Souza

21: The Food Security Policy Context in South Africa

Josee Koch

20: Assessing Administrative Capacity and Costs of Cash Transfer Schemes in Zambia – Implications for Rollout

Dennis Kaputo Chiwele

19: Growth, Inequality, Cash Transfers and Poverty in Uganda

Sara N. Ssewanyana

18: The Impact of the Global Financial Crisis on The Economy of Sierra Leone

John Weeks

17: Nicaragua’s Red de Protección Social: An Exemplary but Short-Lived Conditional Cash Transfer Programme

Charity Moore

16: Towards an Employment-centred Development Strategy for Poverty Reduction in The Gambia: Macroeconomic and Labour Market Aspects

James Heintz, Carlos Oya and Eduardo Zepeda

15: Assessing Honduras’ CCT Programme PRAF, Programa de Asignación Familiar: Expected and Unexpected Realities

Charity Moore

14: The Reduction of Fiscal Space in Zambia—Dutch Disease and Tight-Money Conditionalities

John Weeks

13: Poverty, Growth and Income Distribution in Lebanon

Heba El Laithy, Khalid Abu-Ismail and Kamal Hamdan

12: A Proposed Strategy for Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Uzbekistan

Terry McKinley and John Weeks

11: Moldova’s Middle-Income ‘Mistaken Identity’: The Severe Income and Human Development Costs

John Weeks

10: Growth, Poverty and Inequality in Mozambique

Pekka Virtanen and Dag Ehrenpreis

9: The Challenges of El Salvador’s Conditional Cash Transfer Programme, Red Solidaria

Tatiana Britto

8: Expanding the Social Security Net in South Africa: Opportunities, Challenges and Constraints

Karl Pauw and Liberty Mncube

7: The Impact of Growth and Redistribution on Poverty and Inequality in South Africa

Karl Pauw and Liberty Mncube

6: Expanding Decent Employment in Kenya: The Role of Monetary Policy, Inflation Control, and the Exchange Rate

Robert Pollin and James Heintz

5: Does Debt Relief Increase Fiscal Space in Zambia? The MDG Implications

John Weeks and Terry McKinley

4: Strengthening the Employment Impact of an MDG-Based Development Strategy for Yemen

Terry McKinley and Farhad Mehran

3: Gearing Public Finance to Growth, Employment and Poverty Reduction in Moldova

Terry McKinley

2: Monetary Policy and Financial Sector Reform for Employment Creation and Poverty Reduction in Ghana

Gerald Epstein and James Heintz

1: An Employment-targeted Economic Programme for South Africa

Robert Pollin, Gerald Epstein, James Heintz and Leonce Ndikumana