As governments around the world take urgent action to save lives and protect livelihoods from the COVID-19 pandemic, leveraging, adapting or introducing new social protection measures are central to country immediate and medium-term responses. With one in two people in the world not benefiting from any form of social protection, this is an unprecedented challenge.
by Yolande Wright and Luke Harman, Global Director Poverty Reduction, Climate Resilience, Gender Equality and Inclusion at Save the Children International; and Senior Social Protection Adviser at Save the Children UK, respectively.
Cash transfers are now a key element of humanitarian aid and social policy in many countries. But adoption lags behind in low-income countries. Could and should the EU do more to support the adoption and expansion of cash transfers, not just as a humanitarian aid tool but as a broader development instrument?
In support of UNICEF, the government of Mauritania, and other development partners, SPRI Global will be carrying out a social protection training course from the 3rd-7th of February 2020, in Mauritania’s capital city of Nouakchott. This training builds upon SPRI Global’s work in developing and carrying out a social protection course package for the West and Central Africa Regional Office of UNICEF.
A Special IARIW – World Bank Conference, New Approaches to Defining and Measuring Poverty in a Growing World, was held on 7-9 November 2019 at Convene, Washington DC, and we were happy to be part of it, presenting new research on multidimensional poverty. The International Association for Research in Income and Wealth (IARIW), established in 1947, organizes conferences on topics related to income and wealth throughout the world, generally in partnership with national statistical offices. With a focus on facilitating communication and interchange on measuring poverty, the conference succeeded in bringing together academic and government scholars in the field of economic and social statistics from many countries.
We are excited to announce our joining the Global Coalition to End Child Poverty, synergizing our efforts with other members to raise awareness about children living in poverty across the world and support global and national action to alleviate it. We work together with other members as part of the Coalition, as well as individually, to achieve a world where all children grow up free from poverty, deprivation and exclusion.
It has been over 4 years since the international community unanimously agreed on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs). For millions of children, the extent to which the world delivers on the SDGs promise will determine the course of their lives – shaping the future of the planet they will inherit, affecting their chances of surviving in their early years, growing and thriving physically, learning and developing their minds to their full potential, and participating actively in their communities and the wider world.
The 7th Conference of the International Society for Child Indicators will be held on 27-29 August 2019 in the Dorpat Convention Centre in Tartu, Estonia, and we are happy to once again be part of it. What makes the conference special is the symbiosis of scientists, practitioners and policymakers who come together for one goal – to find better ways to increase child well-being.
Like many countries in sub-Saharan Africa, Lesotho faces significant challenges related to persistent poverty, poor outcomes and hindered development. In January 2016, the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) came into effect to focus on strategic areas of development and to provide support for policymaking in achieving national development plans and policies. One strategic area of development is the alleviation of child poverty, which is reflected in SDG1, Target 1.2, aimed at reducing at least by half, by 2030, the proportion of children, men, and women living in poverty in all its dimensions according to national definitions.
Poverty reduction is a national priority for the Government of Eswatini and SPRI Global was happy to support the Ministry of Economic Planning and Development (MEPD) and UNICEF Eswatini to measure and analyze the complexities of child poverty. The Poverty Reduction Monitoring and Evaluation Division under the MEPD, coordinates programs aimed at promoting inclusive growth resulting in poverty reduction as guided by the country strategy for Sustainable Development and Inclusive Growth (2022).
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