How to Implement Inclusive Social Protection Schemes
Resources - Author: Chad Anderson, Stephen Kidd, Thérèse Björk / Year: 2018
This is the third in a series of policy guides developed to support policymakers and practitioners in Asia and the Pacific in their efforts to strengthen social protection. This policy guide explains the administrative processes, organizational policies and systems required to implement tax-financed social protection, focusing on schemes providing...
Read MoreHow to Design Inclusive Social Protection Systems
Resources - Author: Chad Anderson, Stephen Kidd, Thérèse Björk / Year: 2018
This policy guide, developed by ESCAP together with Development Pathways, explains how to design inclusive and robust social protection systems and focuses on tax-financed income security. It explains why universal schemes are better at reaching the poor than targeted schemes, and what policy options to consider when designing inclusive...
Read MoreWhy We Need Social Protection
Resources - Author: Chad Anderson, Stephen Kidd, Thérèse Björk / Year: 2018
This policy guide, developed by ESCAP together with Development Pathways, explains the basic principles of social protection and the impact it can have on poverty reduction, social cohesion, economic growth and the environment. It shows how investing in inclusive social protection can accelerate progress toward achieving the Sustainable Development...
Read MorePro-poor or anti-poor? The World Bank and IMF’s approach to social protection
Resources - Author: Stephen Kidd / Year: 2018
In recent years, the World Bank and IMF have played an influential role in shaping national social protection policies. Social protection comprises a significant share of World Bank loans, reaching almost 10 per cent of lending to low-income countries in 2017, while around 10 per cent of IMF loans...
Read MoreSocial Pensions and their Contribution to Economic Growth
Resources - Author: Anh Tran, Stephen Kidd / Year: 2017
Old age pensions are usually viewed as a cost to the state and, despite their significant impacts on the wellbeing of older persons, it is rare for them to be understood as investments in economic growth. Yet, there is good evidence that an inclusive old age pension should be...
Read MoreGood Practice in the Development of Management Information Systems for Social Protection
Resources - Author: Richard Chirchir, Stephen Kidd /
In recent years, social protection has moved rapidly up the policy agenda in developing countries. Debates on the design of social protection schemes, however, are often dominated by ideological discussions, such as whether to introduce conditions. Less attention is given to implementation challenges and the demands placed on countries’...
Read MoreExclusion by Design: an assessment of the effectiveness of the proxy means test poverty targeting mechanism (ESS Working Paper No. 56)
Resources - Author: Bjorn Gelders, Diloá Bailey-Athias, Stephen Kidd / Year: 2017
This paper assesses the effectiveness of the proxy means test (PMT) targeting methodology. It brings together international evidence to show that it is both inaccurate and arbitrary. The mechanism suffers from high in-built design errors, additional errors introduced during implementation, and infrequent surveys, meaning that it cannot respond to...
Read MoreSocial Exclusion and Access to Social Protection Schemes
Resources - Author: Naomi Hossain, Stephen Kidd / Year: 2014
This study examines the causes of exclusion from social protection systems and is based on a review of relevant literature, interviews with researchers and practitioners in Indonesia, Kenya, Pakistan, South Africa and...
Read MoreSocial Assistance in Vietnam: A review and proposals for reform
Resources - Author: Bazlul Khondker, Carol Watson, Sharlene Ramkissoon, Stephen Kidd, Tareq Abu-el-Haj / Year: 2016
The paper sets out the strengths and weaknesses of the current national social protection system and shows that, if Vietnam were to adopt a more inclusive life cycle social protection system – at a cost, initially of no more than 1% of GDP – the reforms would have significant...
Read MoreBOLSA unFAMILIAr
Resources - Author: Karishma Huda, Stephen Kidd / Year: 2013
This short paper aims to answer this question by assessing the evidence on Brazil’s social security system. It will examine the beneficiary numbers, budgets, levels of benefits and, importantly, impacts and coverage of the main social security schemes in Brazil. This paper will reveal that the real hero driving...
Read MoreChild Wellbeing and Social Security in Georgia: The case for moving to a more inclusive national social security system
Resources - Author: Bjorn Gelders, Stephen Kidd / Year: 2016
Georgia’s introduction of a Child Benefit in 2015 was a significant step forward for children. Yet much more is needed. This paper shows that the vast majority of children in Georgia experience insecure lives and are in need of additional support from the State. The expansion of the Child...
Read MoreTo Condition or Not to Condition: What is the evidence?
Resources - Author: Stephen Kidd / Year: 2016
Development Pathways undertook a series of experiments which aimed to compare conditional and unconditional transfers. This brief outlines the results of these...
Read MoreThe Political Economy of “Targeting” of Social Security Schemes
Resources - Author: Stephen Kidd / Year: 2015
This paper examines the evidence on the political economy of “targeting.” It will begin by examining the history of social security in developed countries, focusing in particular on the evolution of Poor Relief in 19th Century Europe. It will then examine contemporary tax-financed old age pensions and Poor Relief...
Read MoreEstablishing Comprehensive National Old Age Pension Systems
Resources - Author: Stephen Kidd /
This paper discusses the policy options available to developing countries committed to offering universal pension coverage and maximising the incomes of older people. It presents a basic model of a pension system comprising up to three tiers that can be adapted to the circumstances of all countries. The model...
Read MoreChild-Sensitive Social Protection in Fiji: Assessment of the Care and Protection Allowance
Resources - Author: Bjorn Gelders, Carol Watson, Gabrielle Smith, Jonathan Sibley, Stephen Kidd, Tareq Abu-el-Haj / Year: 2015
Despite Fiji’s status as a middle-income country, a high proportion of children live in poor and income-insecure families. The Department of Social Welfare administers several social transfer schemes for low-income and vulnerable individuals and families, including the Care and Protection Allowance for children. This report examines levels of child...
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