Linking financial services and social protection for resilience: lessons from Kenya Briefing papers | September 2019 | Cecilia Costella, Lena Weingartner This brief examines the links between cash-based assistance and financial inclusion interventions to build resilience to climate-related shocks. Downloads
Women’s empowerment, gender equality and social protection: where next? Public event | 16 September 2019 11:30 - 13:00 GMT+1 (BST) Discussing the critical role of social protection policies and systems in promoting gender equality and women and girls’ empowerment. Find out more
Adolescents in Jordan: economic empowerment and social protection Briefing papers | July 2019 | Elizabeth Presler-Marshall, Nicola Jones, Sarah Baird with Agnieszka Malachowska This policy brief suggests that adolescents in Jordan are vulnerable to child labour and rarely benefit from programming for economic empowerment. Downloads
Social protection and gender norm change: an annotated bibliography Bibliography and literature reviews | July 2019 | Georgia Plank, Nicola Jones and Rachel Marcus ALIGN has developed an annotated bibliography that brings together key resources on social protection and gender norms. Downloads
Is the World Bank leaving no one behind? Working and discussion papers | June 2019 | Paula Lucci, Amina Khan, Jennifer Turner and Jacob Sims Examining the World Bank’s alignment with the commitment to 'leave no one behind'. Downloads
The potential of Nepal’s social security allowance schemes to support emergency flood response Research reports and studies | May 2019 | Rebecca Holmes, Fiona Samuels, Martin Evans, Anita Ghimire and John Twigg Assessing the use of cash-based responses through Nepal's existing social security allowance system to respond to emergencies. Downloads
Linking financial services and social protection for resilience in Kenya Working and discussion papers | May 2019 | Lena Weingartner, Martina Ulrichs, Cecilia Costella, Sarah Kohnstamm and Elvin Nyukuri This paper explores whether linking social protection and financial services can support people in preparing for and coping with climate shocks. Downloads
Decent work for all: six priorities for this week’s UN summit Comment | 8 April 2019 | Abigail Hunt, Mareike Schomerus, Richard Mallett, Andrew Shepherd, Alberto Lemma, Francesca Bastagli Show workers change; support good job creation, including for migrants; promote 'growth from below'; encourage private investors; ensure social protection. Read and comment
Social protection and adolescent capabilities: what does a gender norms lens add to the debate? Briefing papers | April 2019 | Nicola Jones and Elizabeth Presler-Marshall This paper looks at how far social protection programmes, particularly cash transfers, enable adolescents to develop skills, resources and agency. Downloads
Promoting gender equality and women's empowerment in shock-sensitive social protection Working and discussion papers | April 2019 | Rebecca Holmes Exploring how best to integrate gender equality into the design and implementation of shock-sensitive social protection programming. Downloads
