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  1. famine relief and sustainable living practices

    The Horn of Africa is currently suffering from adverse drought, and severe famine troubles which have prompted countless social ills and unconducive living environments, especially among pastoral communities in the region. speaking according to guidelines and information from reputable sources and...
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  2. Social Protection: Including People in the Informal Economy

    Workers in the informal economy do not usually benefit from social protection because they - or their employers - do not contribute to any scheme or fund. It is no surprise, then, that extending social protection has become central to strategies of transition from the informal to the formal economy...
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  4. Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

    Digitalisation is a facilitator of strong social protection systems. The information systems used by social protection programmes are an invaluable resource for monitoring, managing, and delivering social protection benefits and services to the public. When COVID-19 first struck, digital...
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  5. Investing in social protection after COVID-19: Three lessons learnt

    COVID-19 has had an unprecedented socio-economic impact on populations and devastating consequences for the poor and vulnerable worldwide – eroding progress made in recent years. 1 The effects are wide-ranging and long-lasting. In the poorest countries of the world, the continuing impacts of COVID-...
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  7. Social protection in urban settings: Three lessons learnt

    Urbanisation is a global mega-trend that will continue to characterise the 21st century. In 2018, 4.2 billion people lived in urban areas ­– around 55% of the global population. This figure is set to peak at 2.5 billion by 2050 – representing an estimated 68% of the world’s residents. 1 Most...
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  8. (23 Sep) UN meeting Partnering for Action: Implementation of the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions in the Complex Setting of Overlapping Crises

    Have you heard abou the UN Global Accelerator for Jobs and Social Protection for Just Transitions? The UN Secretary-General António Guterres will convene a Meeting of Heads of State and Government to discuss progress and next steps for the Global Accelerator on Jobs and Social Protection for Just...
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  9. Inequality reduction as a tool for cooperation: Two lessons learnt

    Zena Mouawad shared information from the group Fighting Inequalities through development cooperation and stronger partnerships 16 September 2022
    The fight against inequality 1 – both within and between countries – is central to the European Union’s strategy to achieve the United Nations’ 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development. The EU’s priority to reduce inequality is also reflected in European texts and legislation, ranging from the third...
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  10. Socialprotection.org Webinar (4 August) - Strengthening Shock-responsive social protection in Cambodia – Lessons learned from a cash transfer to households affected by multiple shocks

    The GIZ, the WFP and the Ministry of Planning of Cambodia are promoting a webinar to first present the main features of the IDPoor database and recent changes that improved the database for shock-responsive social protection interventions. It will then focus on main lessons learned from the cash...
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