WASHINGTON, December 23, 2022 – The World Bank announced yesterday US$500 million in financing to expand and strengthen Egypt’s flagship Social Safety Net Program, also known as Takaful and Karama.

WASHINGTON, March 10, 2021 - The World Bank approved a $150 million additional grant for the Social Safety Net Project (SSNP) to further support the government to increase the access of extremely poor ...

Calls by local leaders and experts for increased social spending to protect vulnerable households from climate-related ...

Ahead of this year’s United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP30) in Belém, Brazil, countries are being urged to embrace an approach to climate action and finance with social protection at its ...

The session is intended to address various issues related to the costing and financing of social protection, in particular about the achievement of Agenda 2030 objectives on social protection.

Countries across the world aim to provide social protection for all citizens or residents, generally by a combination of public social insurance and social assistance. Social protection, or social ...

"The world does not lack the resources to abolish poverty, it lacks the right priorities. " So said Juan Somavía, former director general of the International Labour Organization (ILO), in 1999. We ...

(Bangkok) – The government of Nepal should use the forthcoming budget to protect the rights of Nepali children by expanding its popular and successful Child Grant program, 24 Nepali and international ...

(opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) (opens in a new window) Copy The Social Protection Adviser at HelpAge International will provide strategic leadership in ...