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World Report on Child Labour: Economic vulnerability, social protection and the fight against child labour
International Labour Organization, 2013What can be done to ensure more – and faster – progress in tackling child labour? This report argues that child labour is driven in part by household vulnerabilities associated with poverty, risk and shocks, and that social security is critical to mitigating these vulnerabilities.DocumentA Socio-economic Study of Informal Sector Workers of Dhaka City
Bangladesh Online Research Network, 2012Informal sector is a very important area of the economy for any developing country; it is a growing occupational sector for the less skilled people, living both in urban and rural areas. Considerable amount of employment are ensured by this sector. What is specific to the informal economy is the absence of rights and social protection of the workers involved in it.DocumentLivelihoods, basic services and social protection in northern Uganda and Karamoja
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012The effects of three decades of violence on the populations of Uganda’s Greater North have been immense, and one challenge lies in identifying what policies and programmes can help these populations recover and adapt their livelihoods in a post-conflict environment.DocumentLivelihoods, basic services and social protection in Afghanistan
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012Afghanistan is a low-income country with conflicting cultures and rooted terrorism. This paper examines the current developmental context in Afghanistan, exploring the roles of national policies and external aids in that case.DocumentLivelihoods, basic services and social protection in Nepal
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012Nepal has made good progress against most socio-economic indicators in the aftermath of armed conflict (1996-2006), and there has been a decline in material poverty. At the same time, significant policy challenges remain and need to be addressed through well-designed and targeted interventions.This paper addresses these issues presenting the following findings:DocumentLivelihoods, basic services and social protection in north-western Pakistan
Secure Livelihoods Research Consortium, 2012Poverty, livelihoods, food insecurity, access to basic services, social protection and aid and governance in conflict-affected areas of Pakistan are issues that need to be closely addressed.DocumentSocial protection for food security: A report by the High Level Panel of Experts on Food Security and Nutrition
2012Social protection has risen rapidly up the development policy agenda in the last decade. There is also a clear trend to making social protection, as well as food security, ‘rights-based’ rather than ‘discretionary’. Yet no clear consensus has so far emerged concerning many basic design choices and implementation of social protection policies and programs.DocumentSocial Protection of the Elderly in Tanzania: Current Status and Future Possibilities
Research on Poverty Alleviation, Tanzania, 2011This brief summarises the findings of a study on social protection of elderly in Tanzania. The study began by analysing the current status of living arrangements and material well-being of Tanzanians over 60 years of age. It then assessed the affordability of a universal pension for all persons over age 60 or 65 years, set at the food poverty line.DocumentSeasonality and Social Protection in Africa
Future Agricultures Consortium, 2009Stephen Devereux January 2009 This Working Paper draws on nearly twenty years of research in several African countries on the inter-related themes of food insecurity, seasonality, coping strategies, famine, formal and informal safety nets and social protection. The paper has three objectives: