Closing the Social Protection Gap: The Potential Contribution of Social Assistance

Event: Strategies for Financing Social Protection to Achieve the Sustainable Development Goals

Closing the Social Protection Gap: The Potential Contribution of Social Assistance

17 May 2018

Author / Speaker:

Sri Wening Handayani, ADB - Email the author | Other materials by the author

Social assistance programs are valuable instruments that can help the marginalized cope with or even escape poverty. They can effectively ensure basic income security for impoverished children, adults, and the elderly. However, more needs to be done to ensure their wider coverage and adequacy, especially in the Asia Pacific Region, where many countries still need to raise budget allocations for social protection systems.

Geographical Focus:

Global

Type of Content:

Learning Event

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