Poverty & Social Protection

After decades of strong growth, large countries such as India, Indonesia, and Pakistan now have the economic activity to conduct large-scale social protection programs to reduce their still-significant poverty rates. How can governments best identify and reach the poor?

© 2016 Probal Rashid, Courtesy of Photoshare

After decades of strong growth, large countries such as India, Indonesia, and Pakistan now have the economic activity to conduct large-scale social protection programs to reduce their still-significant poverty rates. How can governments best identify and reach the poor?

Highlights

News, events, and insights from our policy-research engagements on social protection programs that aim to relieve poverty.

News |

EPoD will co-host a conference in Copenhagen, January 2020. Deadline for submission September 1st.

Event |

The Chief Economist of the Asian Development Bank spoke on the Asian Development Outlook 2019 report.

Article |

Global aid risks neglecting hundreds of millions in poverty who live in countries that are becoming relatively rich.