Events

Strategies for Financing Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

17 May 2018 to 18 May 2018

Japan

ADB’s developing member countries (DMCs) recognize social protection as a key priority to achieve inclusive growth. Governments have already started designing and reforming their social protection systems, but coverage provided by social insurance typically remains limited to formal employment. One of the key challenges to expanding social protection in DMCs, particularly in low- and middle-income countries, is adequate financing.

This learning event aimed to promote discussion among government officials and experts to enhance capacity to assess and access financing options to expand social protection programs. It also aimed to strengthen the capacity of government ministries to better plan, design, implement, and monitor social protection programs.

Program and Learning Materials:

17 May 2018
18 May 2018

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
17 May 2018	Opening Remarks and Overview	Opening Remarks	Chul Ju Kim
17 May 2018	Opening Remarks and Overview	ADB, Social Protection, and the SDGs: Emerging Challenges in Asia and the Pacific ADB Strategy 2030 envisions a prosperous, inclusive, sustainable, and resilient Asia. To realize this vision, developing member-countries (DMC...	Wendy Walker
17 May 2018	Opening Remarks and Overview	Introduction to the Workshop’s Objectives	Sri Wening Handayani
17 May 2018	Session 1A: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 Countries in Asia	The Social Protection Agenda of the SDGs and its Fiscal Challenge Asia's accelerated growth has pressed many goverments throughout the region to find resources to finance social protection programs. ADB...	Arthur van de Meerendonk
17 May 2018	Session 1A: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 Countries in Asia	Main Findings From A Preliminary Study for 16 Countries	Discussant: Nuno Cunha
17 May 2018	Session 1A: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 Countries in Asia	Financing Universal Health Coverage Financing universal health coverage carries a high price tag - about $600 billion for sixteen countries in Asia. Developing countries in the...	Eduardo Banzon
17 May 2018	Session 1A: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 Countries in Asia	Financing Universal Health Coverage	Ha Van Thuy
17 May 2018	Session 1B: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 countries in Asia	Closing Financial Gaps for Contributory Schemes This presentation shares the International Labour Organization's (ILO) two-dimensional approach for the extension of social security...	Nuno Meira Simoes de Cunha Meira Simoes de Cunha
17 May 2018	Session 1B: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 countries in Asia	Closing Financial Gaps for Contributory Pension Schemes	K. Ravindra Pathmapriya
17 May 2018	Session 1B: Challenges of Financing Social Protection Agenda of SDGs in 16 countries in Asia	Closing the Social Protection Gap: The Potential Contribution of Social Assistance Social assistance programs are valuable instruments that can help the marginalized cope with or even escape poverty. They can effectively ensure...	Sri Wening Handayani
17 May 2018	Session 2: Designing Social Protection for Informal Workers–Recent Assessments: Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Viet Nam	Designing Social Protection for Informal Workers–Recent Assessments: Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Viet Nam	Caroline Tassot
17 May 2018	Session 2: Designing Social Protection for Informal Workers–Recent Assessments: Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Viet Nam	Designing Social Protection for Informal Workers–Recent Assessments: Indonesia, Kyrgyz Republic, and Viet Nam	Sumarjono
17 May 2018	Session 3 Progress in Social Protection in Selected Developing Countries	Recent Progress in Social Protection in Indonesia	Vivi Yulaswati
17 May 2018	Session 3 Progress in Social Protection in Selected Developing Countries	Indonesia Proposed Technical Assistance for Building Inclusive Social Assistance The Program Keluarga Harapan or Family Hope Program in Indonesia is now one of the world's largest conditional cash transfer programs. It has...	Karin Schelzig
17 May 2018	Session 3 Progress in Social Protection in Selected Developing Countries	Recent Progress in Social Protection in Myanmar	Sar Mwe
17 May 2018	Session 3 Progress in Social Protection in Selected Developing Countries	Recent Progress in Social Protection in Myanmar	Arthur van de Meerendonk
17 May 2018	Session 3 Progress in Social Protection in Selected Developing Countries	Recent Progress in Social Protection in Timor‐Leste	Amandio Amaral Freitas
17 May 2018	Session 3 Progress in Social Protection in Selected Developing Countries	Recent Progress in Social Protection in Timor‐Leste	André Bongestabs

Date	Session / Activity	Presentation Material	Speaker(s)
18 May 2018	Session 4: Assessing Financial Constraints to Meet Social Protection Targets in SDGs	Towards Integrated Programs and Database for Social Protection Programs in Indonesia Indonesia faces several challenges in financing SDGs. These include lack of common understanding on standardized indicators among pertinent ...	Ratnawati Muyanto
18 May 2018	Session 4: Assessing Financial Constraints to Meet Social Protection Targets in SDGs	Towards Integrated Programs and Database for Social Protection in Indonesia	Harry Hikmat
18 May 2018	Session 4: Assessing Financial Constraints to Meet Social Protection Targets in SDGs	Financial Challenges in Meeting Social Protection Related SDG Targets in Myanmar	Amy Liu
18 May 2018	Session 4: Assessing Financial Constraints to Meet Social Protection Targets in SDGs	Financial Challenges in Meeting Social Protection Related SDG Targets in Myanmar	Sar Mwe
18 May 2018	Session 4: Assessing Financial Constraints to Meet Social Protection Targets in SDGs	Financial Challenges of Meeting SDGs in Timor Leste Timor-Leste has several options to overcome the financial challenges that hinder it from meeting its SDG targets. It can increase its revenues...	Andre' Bongestabs
18 May 2018	Session 4: Assessing Financial Constraints to Meet Social Protection Targets in SDGs	Financial Challenges of Meeting SDGs in Timor-Leste	Fernanda Borges
18 May 2018	Session 5A: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Overview: Fiscal Space in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Timor-Leste Fiscal space refers to the financial resources that a government can use to support a certain program without compromising its own financial...	Arthur van de Meerendonk
18 May 2018	Session 5A: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Fiscal Space in Indonesia, Myanmar, and Timor‐Leste	Nuno Cunha
18 May 2018	Session 5A: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Fiscal Challenges and Social Welfare Reform in Mongolia Mongolia has been facing various economic challenges in recent years. Its gross domestic product growth decelerated, its fiscal deficit...	Philip Chang
18 May 2018	Session 5A: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Fiscal Challenges and Social Welfare Reform in Mongolia	Tserenkhand Bat‐Orshikh
18 May 2018	Session 5B: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Public Revenues to Support Social Protection and Sustainable Development Goals Public revenues can be tapped to support social protection and the SDGs. However, this could be challenging for Asia because it has a comparatively...	Yasushi Suzuki
18 May 2018	Session 5B: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Public Revenues to Support Social Protection and SDGs	Indira Murzakhmatova
18 May 2018	Session 5B: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Social Budgeting for Achieving the SDGs: The Case of Timor-Leste Social budgeting can help show how government revenues and expenditures relate to social protection measures. This presentation applies this...	Andre' Bongestabs, Arthur van de Meerendonk
18 May 2018	Session 5B: Fiscal Space Challenges for Social Protection	Social Budgeting for Achieving the SDGs: A Case Study of Timor‐Leste	Fernanda Borges
18 May 2018	Session 6 Group Discussion: Challenges in Creating Fiscal Space to Address Financing Gaps in Key Priority Areas of Social Protection	Group 1: Contributory Pension Programs
18 May 2018	Session 6 Group Discussion: Challenges in Creating Fiscal Space to Address Financing Gaps in Key Priority Areas of Social Protection	Health Insurance Programs
18 May 2018	Session 6 Group Discussion: Challenges in Creating Fiscal Space to Address Financing Gaps in Key Priority Areas of Social Protection	Social Assistance Programs
18 May 2018	Closing Remarks	Charting the Way Forward and Wrapping Up	Sri Wening Handayani and Arthur van de Meerendonk