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Published on 15 April 2024

Social Protection in Practice

Explore the different development partners and initiatives active in social protection at global level and delve into the many sectoral and geographic aspects of social protection through the interesting publications, impact studies, policy papers and blogs below.

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Work of Other Organisations on Social Protection

Social Protection has become an important topic on the development agenda of key development partners and international organisations.

Explore the key development partners and initiatives active in social protection at global level.

Social Protection in Different Sectors

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Apart from being an important policy field on its own, social protection has an important cross-cutting role to improve and maximise outcomes in other sectors.

Read interesting publications, impact studies, policy papers and blogs on social protection across different thematic areas.

Social Protection Around the World

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Social protection is a human right and basic necessity for all. However, needs, risks and the way social protection is implemented vary across geographic, social, economic and cultural contexts.

Find out more about how social protection is implemented in different regions.
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Explore evidence from Africa on cash transfers, discover tools, analyse data and see the results. More»

Targeted Social Protection in Arab Countries before and during the Covid-19 Crisis. More»
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12 milestones for developing an integrated and sustainable social protection system in line with the UN Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP) Action Plan. More»

Today many countries in Eastern Europe and Central Asia are further reviewing their social security systems. More»
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Social protection in Latin America: one region two systems. More»

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