ODI is involved in a number of research projects contributing to the learning and knowledge around various aspects of social protection. These include projects examining linkages between social protection and agricultural growth, exploring the role of cash transfers in social protection and examining their effectiveness in emergencies. ODI is also researching policy instruments for addressing inequality more generally, in co-operation with the Chronic Poverty Research Centre .
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Social protection and social development
Children in times of economic crisis: Past lessons, future policies Publications - ODI Background Note, March 2009 Understanding the impact of Food Prices on Children Project outputs - Report (Report commissioned by Plan UK), October 2008 Gender and the MDGs: A gender lens is vital for pro-poor results Publications - ODI Briefing Paper 42, September 2008 'Conditional Cash Transfers In Peru: Tackling The Multi-Dimensionality Of Poverty And Vulnerability' Chapter in Alberto Minujin et al. (ed.) 2007. 'Social Protection Initiatives for Families, Women and Children: An Analysis of Recent Experiences.' New York: New School and UNICEF., February 2007 Social Safety Nets, Indonesia Project outputs - Policy Brief (Inter-Regional Inequality Facility Policy Brief) 5, February 2006 Red de Protección Social, Nicaragua Project outputs - Policy Brief (Inter-Regional Inequality Facility Policy Brief) 3, February 2006 Familias en Acción, Colombia Project outputs - Policy Brief (Inter-Regional Inequality Facility Policy Brief) 2, February 2006 Social Grants in South Africa Project outputs - Policy Brief (Inter-Regional Inequality Facility Policy Brief) 1, February 2006 Breaking the poverty cycle: a case study of cash interventions in Ethiopia Publications - HPG Background Paper, July 2005 Policy Paper on Social Protection Publications - Specialist Series - Theme Paper on Social Protection, September 2004
Governance and the politics of social protection
Risk, disasters and emergencies
Cash-based responses in emergencies Publications - HPG Policy Brief 25, February 2007 Disasters vol. 30, no. 3, Theme issue: Cash Transfers Journals - Disasters, September 2006 No Small Change: Oxfam GB Malawi and Zambia Emergency Cash Transfer Projects - a Synthesis of key learning Publications - HPG Commissioned Report, June 2006 Agricultural rehabilitation: Mapping the linkages between humanitarian relief, social protection and development Publications - HPG Policy Brief 23, April 2006 Cash transfer programmes in Afghanistan: a desk review of current policy and practice Publications - HPG Background Paper, June 2005 Food security, social protection, growth and poverty reduction synergies: the starter pack programme in Malawi Publications - Specialist Series - Natural Resource Perspective 95, September 2004
How social protection links to economic growth
Delivering social protection
Social protection instruments
A typology for Public Works Programming Publications - Specialist Series - Natural Resource Perspective 121, December 2008 Digging holes and filling them in again? How far do public works enhance livelihoods? Publications - Specialist Series - Natural Resource Perspective 120, November 2008 Social protection for low capacity households in Zambia Publications - ODI Project Briefing 11, May 2008 Cash transfers in Sierra Leone: Are they appropriate, affordable or feasible? Publications - ODI Project Briefing 8, January 2008 A conceptual framework for understanding the role of cash transfers in social protection Publications - ODI Project Briefing 5, January 2008 Programa 3X1 para Migrantes EUROsociAL case study, December 2007 Conditional Cash Transfers: What implications for Equality and Social Cohesion? The Experience of Oportunidades in Mexico EUROsociAL case study, December 2007 The potential for joint programmes for long-term cash transfers in unstable situations Publications - HPG Commissioned Report, September 2007 Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) Database 3, July 2007 Social protection transfers for chronically poor people Chronic Poverty Research Centre (CPRC) Policy Brief 2, February 2007 'Conditional Cash Transfers In Peru: Tackling The Multi-Dimensionality Of Poverty And Vulnerability' Chapter in Alberto Minujin et al. (ed.) 2007. 'Social Protection Initiatives for Families, Women and Children: An Analysis of Recent Experiences.' New York: New School and UNICEF., February 2007 Development Policy Review vol. 24, no.5, Theme issue: Cash Transfers Journals - Development Policy Review, September 2006 Disasters vol. 30, no. 3, Theme issue: Cash Transfers Journals - Disasters, September 2006 Inter-Regional Inequality Facility - Regional Synthesis: Overview Project outputs - Report (Inter-Regional Inequality Facility Policy Brief), February 2006 Cash Transfers: Just giving them the money? Publications - ODI Opinion 55, September 2005 Cash transfers – Mere 'Gadaffi Syndrome', or serious potential for rural rehabilitation and development? Publications - Specialist Series - Natural Resource Perspective 97, March 2005
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The role of social protection in development is being increasingly recognised by governments and donors for both its role in poverty alleviation and potential for growth promotion.