Jessica Hagen-Zanker

j.hagen-zanker@odi.org.uk

Jessica specialises in the quantitative analysis of Social Protection, in particular social protection and migration, financing social protection and impact evaluation. Her work on financing includes a study on the affordability of social protection in the light of international spending commitments in five Sub-Saharan countries, as well as research on fiscal space for social protection. Jessica has also worked on a number of systematic reviews, including one for DFID about the benefits of work guarantee schemes compared with cash transfers and recently co-authored a briefing paper on making systematic reviews work for development. Jessica’s work on impact evaluation includes a project on the effectiveness and relevance of social protection in tackling social exclusion and promoting social inclusion in Asia, amongst others.

Jessica’s previous PhD work at Maastricht University focused on the analysis of causes and effects of migration on migrant-sending households in countries of origin, from a household perspective, with a particular focus on Albania and Moldova.

To request a copy of Jessica's CV, please email n.mathers@odi.org.uk

Outputs

What do we know about the impact of social protection programmes on the decision to migrate?

Publication - Journal articles or issues - 15 May 2013

Jessica Hagen-Zanker and Carmen Leon Himmelstine

This literature review synthesises the current empirical evidence on how access to social protection in low-income and middle-income countries influences decisions to migrate internally or internationally.

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What is the evidence on the impact of employment creation on stability and poverty reduction in fragile states

Publication - Research reports and studies - 10 May 2013

Rebecca Holmes, Anna McCord and Jessica Hagen-Zanker with Gina Bergh and Franzisca Zanker

This systematic review identifies and synthesizes the current literature on the evidence of the impacts of employment creation on stability and poverty in fragile states.

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Migration as social protection – is that really the point?

Opinion - Articles and blogs - 17 December 2012

On International Migration Day, we are reminded of the huge flows of both migrants and remittances in today’s world. According to the United Nations, more than 213 million people (around 3% of the world’s population) lived outside their countries of birth in 2010, and over 700 million had migrated within their own countries.

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Community loan and repayment schedule. Mumbai, India

Inter-agency social protection financing workshop 2012

Event - Workshop - 6 November 2012 09:30 - 17:30 (GMT+01 (BST))

Inter-agency social protection financing workshop 2012 is a follow up to the 2011 Financing Social Protection Conference. The workshop aims to i) share and review progress on work on the key issues relating to financing social protection identified at the 2011 conference, ii) identify priority issues for future research, and iii) agree a work-plan for financing social protection issues which we will together incorporate into a joint project proposal for donor funding.

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Social protection and social exclusion: an analytical framework to assess the links

Publication - Discussion papers - 29 October 2012

Babken Babajanian and Jessica Hagen-Zanker

This ODI Background Note offers a framework for applying the concept of social exclusion in the analysis of social protection policies and programmes in low- and middle-income countries.

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