Social Protection Discussion Papers and Notes

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207679: Helping Nigerians Grow: Food Security and Nutrition Impacts of Safety Nets Interventions in Nigeria

Maheshwor Shrestha, Oyebola M. Okunogbe, Naira Kalra, Ayodele Emmanuel Fashogbon, Thomas Bossuroy, Robin Audy and Kehinde Ajayi

207352: Improving Social Insurance for Migrants: Lessons from Albania

Himanshi Jain, Mauro Testaverde, Helly Dharmesh Mehta, Juna Miluka and Matthew Chase Martin

207029: Do Behavioral Interventions Help Economic Inclusion Program Recipients Make More Productive Use of their Payments? Evidence from a Cluster-Randomized Trial in Ghana

Mukta Joshi, Wen Wen Teh, Ariadna Vargas, Christabel E. Dadzie and Saugato Datta

204439: An Overlooked Barrier to Resilience: How Mental Health Links to the Poverty Trap and What Social Protection (SP) Can do About it Based on Lessons from the Senegal Pilot

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203255: Implementing CORE-MIS to Strengthen Social Protection Delivery in Burundi

Anthony Belem, Aissata Coulibaly, Jacqueline Manisabwe and Mona Luisa Niebuhr

203254: Refugees and Social Assistance in Low- and middle-income Countries: A Review of Operational Experiences

Alfredo Manfredini Bohm, Pablo Acosta, Jeremy Lebow and Emanuela Migliaccio

202888: Evaluating the Employment Effects of a Labor Market Integration Program for Syrian Refugees and Turkish Nationals in Türkiye: Baseline Report

Efsan Nas Ozen and Dhushyanth Raju

202887: Vertical Skills Mismatch in Türkiye’s Labor Market: Evidence from Refined Measures

Saumik Paul and Dhushyanth Raju

201921: A Guide to Implementing Social Safety Nets in Fragile, Conflict, and Violent Context: Adaptive Strategies and Approaches to World Bank Safety Net Delivery Amid Challenges

Silvia Fuselli, Mona Luisa Niebuhr, Mira Saidi and Sara Agostini

201896: Programmes d’Inclusion Productive au Sahel: Aperçu des Programmes et des Résultats d’Évaluation dans la Région

Thomas Bossuroy, Patrick Premand and Margaux Vinez

200306: Out of Harm’s Way: Adaptive Social Protection for Pandemics in South Asia

Javier Sanchez-Reaza and Tehreem Fatima

200280: Wake-Up Call for Social Assistance? An Unfinished Mission to Reach the Poor and Beyond: State of Social Protection Report 2025 - The 2-Billion-Person Challenge Background Paper #3

Yuko Okamura, Hrishikesh TMM Iyengar and Colin Andrews

200255: Mind the Gap: Coverage, Adequacy, and Financing Gaps in Social Protection for the Extreme Poor and the Poorest Quintile

Emil Daniel Tesliuc and Ana Sofia Martinez Cordova

200230: Riding the Demographic Wave: Pensions and Retirement Income in an Aging World

Gonzalo Reyes Hartley and Miglena Abels

200229: Adaptive Social Protection Agenda: Lessons from Responses to COVID-19 Shock

Emil Daniel Tesliuc and Maria Belen Fontenez

200228: Unlocking the Potential of Household Surveys to Measure Women’s Access to Social Protection

Claudia P Rodriguez Alas, Ana Veronica Lopez and Ingrid Mujica

200227: Optimizing Labor Market Programs and Strengthening Delivery Systems for Impact and Scale

Eliana Carranza, Matteo Morgandi and Diana Sverdlin

200184: Tracking Global Social Protection Responses to Price Shocks: Living Paper v.1

Ugo Gentilini, Mohamed Bubaker Alsafi Almenfi, Hrishikesh TMM Iyengar, Yuko Okamura, Emilio Raul Urteaga, Giorgia Valleriani, Jimmy Vulembera Muhindo and Sheraz Aziz

200018: Blue Social Protection Handbook: Protecting People, Fish and Food

Annabelle Bladon, Gunilla Greig, Yuko Okamura and Gianluigi Nico

200011: Dynamic Social Registries for Adaptive Social Protection on the Sahel: Considerations for Their Design and Operationalization

Luis Inaki Alberro Encinas and Sebastian Geschwind

197750: Service Integration and Case Management for People on the Move: A Review of Selected International Practices

Andrea Petrelli, Matthew Chase Martin, Francesco Cenedese, Ioanna Pantelaiou, Andrea Sitarova, Lucia Solbes Castro and Mauro Testaverde

197627: A Slippery Slope: The Opportunities and Risks of Digital Approaches and Technology in Social Protection Systems

Phillippe Leite, Andres Chamba, Youssef Zaarour and Dominique Leska-See

197515: Expanding Coverage in Vietnam’s Voluntary Social Insurance Scheme: Insights and Recommendations

Himanshi Jain, Nga Thi Nguyen, Agastya Yeachuri, Pham Bao Ha and Koustav De

197453: De Jure and De Facto Coverage of Parental Benefits in Nepal

Ambika Sharma and Himanshi Jain

197396: Cartographie des Impacts au Mali: Impact au Niveau National des Programmes de Protection Sociale Adaptative au Sahel

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197248: Regulating Markets So More People Find Better Jobs

Eliana Carranza, Federica Saliola and Truman Packard

197190: Awareness, Access, and Perceptions around Parental Benefits among Urban Argentinians

Ludovica Cherchi and Himanshi Jain

196370: Dinâmicas de Migração e Remessas em São Tomé e Príncipe: Desafios e Recomendações

Emma Mercedes Monsalve Montiel, Guillaume Kroll, Barbara Barros Barbosa, Delfim Mampassi E Martins Mawete and Mohamed Boly

194492: Integrating Social Protection and Economic Inclusion with Management of Sri Lanka’s Coastal Fisheries

Tijen Arin, Shalika H. Subasinghe, Annabelle Bladon and Tiloka Sunayani De Silva

193886: Connecting Social Protection, Labor Market Interventions and Fisheries Management in Viet Nam

Nga Thi Nguyen, Gianluigi Nico, Thanh Hai Nguyen, Annabelle Bladon and Anna Ducros

193764: Management Practices, Firm Performance, and Work-life Balance in Turkiye

Laurent Bossavie, Erkan Duman, Aysenur Acar Erdogan, Mattia Makovec and Sirma Demir Seker

193099: Minimum Income and Social Inclusion Pathways – A review ofselected European Union programs

Marta Marzi, Alessandra Marini, Ludovica Cherchi and Francesco Cenedese

192987: Safety Nets in Contexts of Violence, Fragility and Forced Displacement: The Case of Burkina Faso and Cameroon

Anne Della Guardia, Milli Lake and Mira Saidi

192986: Advancing Crisis-Resilient Social Protection Through a Hybrid Social Protection Scheme in Pakistan: An Empirical Analysis

Fareeha Adil and Melis U. Guven

192603: Opportunities for Linking Fisheries Management and Social Protection in Solomon Islands

Anita Kendrick, Vincenzo Vinci, Xavier F.P. Vincent, Fiona Howell and Son H. Nguyen

192601: Supporting Sustainability in Kenya’s Fisheries through Social Protection and Labor Market Interventions

Kevwe Sylvester Pela, Samantha De Martino, Federica Ricaldi and David William Japp

192485: Integrating Social Protection with Fisheries Management for Sustainability: Overview of Country Case Studies

Yuko Okamura, Annabelle Bladon, Gunilla Greig and Gianluigi Nico

192484: Exploring Alternatives for the Economic Inclusion of Low-Income, Artisanal Fisher Communities in Costa Rica: Case Study of Artisanal Fishing and Mollusk Gathering Communities in Puerto Cortés and Golfo Dulce

Martha Sanchez Galvis and Luz Rodriguez-Novoa

191619: Technology and the Future of Work: Global Trends and Policy Directions for Technological Change in the Labor Market

Elizabeth Lorenzo Mata, Ramy Zeid, Carole Chartouni, Johannes Koettl, Mehmet Soytas and Nayib Rivera

191318: Social Protection and Jobs for Climate Change Challenges: Current Practice and Future Opportunities

Cecilia Costella, Elham Shirin Shabahat, Nian Sadiq and Yuko Okamura

191207: Cash or In-Kind Transfers: Do Outcomes Vary According to Transfer Modality?

World Bank and Innovations for Poverty Action

191206: Can Safety Nets Reduce Gender-Based Violence? How?

Alessandra Heinemann and Palak Rawal

191205: Evidence Briefs on Cash Transfers: Overview and Ten Key Messages

World Bank and Innovations for Poverty Action

191203: Cash Transfer Payment Mechanisms: Do Outcomes Vary According to Payment Mechanism?

World Bank and Innovations for Poverty Action

191202: Cash Transfer Size: How Much Is Enough?

World Bank and Innovations for Poverty Action

191201: Cash Transfer Timing: How Transfer Duration and Frequency Contribute to Outcomes

World Bank and Innovations for Poverty Action

190908: The Gig Economy and the Future of Work: Global Trends and Policy Directions for Non-Standard Forms of Employment

Ramy Zeid, Dana Jasmine Alrayess, Mohamed Ihsan Ajwad, Mehmet Soytas and Nayib Rivera

189993: Scaling up Social Assistance Where Data is Scarce: Opportunities and Limits of Novel Data and AI

Yuko Okamura, Tim Ohlenburg and Emil Tesliuc

189759: Labor Market Integration of Refugees in Germany: New Lessons After the Ukrainian Crisis

Maddalena Honorati, Mauro Testaverde and Elisa Totino

188471: Social Protection and Labor Market Policies for the Informally Employed: A Review of Evidence from Low- and Middle-Income Countries

Yashodhan Ghorpade, Camila Franco Restrepo and Luis Eduardo Castellanos Rodriguez