More than ever, social protection is a critical instrument in these pressing times. The COVID-19 pandemic has highlighted the gaps in risk and redistribution directly related to the high informality rates that characterize Latin America and the Caribbean region (LAC).

This document depicts the socio-economic consequences of COVID-19 in the Latin America and Caribbean region. It illustrates the measures governments and some UN agencies implement to help deal with the crisis. 

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The main objective of this policy note is to assess key social protection and labor (SPL) policies, program expenditures and institutional arrangements in Cote d'Ivoire. The note aims to identify policy options for improving allocative and technical efficiency for key programs, including how to modernize and coordinate financing arrangements, delivery systems and benefit packages across different populations.

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This report synthesizes existing and new knowledge on INCLUDE’s theme ‘Social Protection‘. It is based on findings from the RIDSSA research projects on Social Protection, insights from INCLUDE’s African Policy Dialogues and a review of the state-of-the-art literature on Social Protection.

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Although remarkable progress has been made in reducing extreme poverty globally, approximately 264 million people are still living below the poverty line. Over 1.1 billion people are also at risk of being pushed back into poverty, with limited social protection and difficulties fulfilling basic needs like access to food, healthcare, education, and water and sanitation.

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The World Bank has today released the 14th Uganda Economic Update which has focused on social protection systems in Uganda and proposes a more effective approach to reduce vulnerability and to support more inclusive growth. The report indicates that the coverage and design of social protection programs are currently insufficient to meaningfully address the range and scope of vulnerabilities to shocks in Uganda.

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Social protection has been growing in relevance and interest over the past decades. Developing countries are increasingly adopting comprehensive social protection policies and strategies, beyond contributory social insurance or narrowly targeted non-contributory social assistance programmes. International organisations and donors have been working to enhance recipient states' capacity to develop effective and sustainable systems.

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This study has two main objectives. First, to contribute to fill-in important knowledge gaps as regards the impact of different types of social protection programmes on the micro drivers of growth across different income groups – our understanding of inclusive growth in this report. Second, to create more solid economic arguments for investing in social protection that can feed budget discussions and social dialogue.

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