Wednesday, March 20, 2024
We live in a world of crisis, with increasingly frequent, interconnected, and devastating shocks caused by climate change and natural disasters, economic crises, health emergencies, conflicts, and forced displacement. These shocks hit the poorest people...
Monday, October 30, 2023
India’s National Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) is among the largest and most influential social programmes in the world, guaranteeing 100 days of paid work to 8% of the world’s population. The programme was designed as a vital lifeline to...
Tuesday, October 24, 2023
Despite being one of the most effective anti-poverty programmes we have at our disposal – as well as a universal human right – social protection coverage remains shockingly low. Over four billion people globally receive no benefits at all, with the...
Thursday, August 31, 2023
Asian Development Bank (ADB) statisticians Arturo Martinez Jr. and Joseph Albert Nino Bulan answer questions on how the increased cost of living crisis threatens to push many back into poverty in Asia and the Pacific, based on their research for Key...
Wednesday, August 9, 2023
In a world grappling with the dual challenges of climate change and socio-economic inequalities and vulnerability, fostering coherence between social protection (SP) and climate action becomes imperative, a Climate Centre brief published today...
Thursday, July 27, 2023
Meet Abdessalem, Taher, and Marbouka, fishers from Tunisia. Through their voices, discover their work, challenges, and the obstacles they face in accessing social protection. Find out more about FAO's social protection initiative for the fisheries and...
Friday, July 21, 2023
Access to social protection is a fundamental human right, yet a recent UN human rights report shows that numerous women and girls worldwide are still unable to access provisions such as social security payments and pensions....
Thursday, July 20, 2023
The new law marks the culmination of an ambitious reform process led by Tawazun, the high-level government programme for fiscal balance (now Estidamah), with the close support of the ILO. The comprehensive reforms entail a complete restructuring of...
Sunday, June 11, 2023
Improving coherence between social protection and fisheries policies is a starting point to ensure that fishers’ needs are met, and vulnerabilities are accounted for. FAO recently published a framework guided by the SSF Guidelines to identify ways to...
Tuesday, May 30, 2023
Development Pathways has collaborated with Human Rights Watch on a new question-and-answer document, which offers clarity on the often misunderstood topic of universal social security. The new release also calls on governments and international lenders...