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20 February 2017
Primary healthcare forms an integral part of the country’s health system and its provision in densely populated urban areas can be challenging.
Learn about the the importance and avenues of primary healthcare and the challenges of providing universal health coverage in urban areas. The presentation…
17 February 2017
In Korea, social protection comprises the largest portion of the government's budget. To further improve the country's social protection system, Korea should pursue several measures to enhance coverage and make it more efficient. These measures include integrating the social security information…
16 February 2017
Regional disparities and low human development constrain Myanmar's efforts to meet the social development goals. The country's social protection system, in particular, covers only 3.2% of the country's population and its information system is based on manual operations. Myanmar needs to pursue…
16 February 2017
Since its independence, Mongolia has made considerable progress in reducing poverty. From 38.8% in 2010, poverty incidence in the country declined to 21.6% in 2014. However, meeting the social protection agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals would require Mongolia to pursue crucial measures.…
16 February 2017
To fill the social protection gap of the Sustainable Development Goals implies an increase in spending by 30% in many countries. To bridge this gap, countries can consider several options, such as reallocating energy subsidies, reducing tax evasion, and raising taxes. This presentation explains…
15 February 2017
Social assistance can help reduce poverty and inequality, increase human and physical capital, generate local and regional multiplier effects, and foster economic and social mobility. However, most social assistance programs in many countries underperform. There is clearly a need to go beyond…
Organizer: Human and Social Development Sector Office
15 February 2017
Social insurance provides income security and replaces income lost from old age, incapacity or disability, and sickness. Achieving social insurance coverage for all employed may be difficult for some countries, especially those beset with governance problems. However, if we are to effectively…
15 February 2017
Social health protection aims to ease the burden caused by illness and disabilty. An effective health protection system provides universal access to affordable, available, and adequate health care. In Asia, much still needs to be done to provide social health protection to all. Lower middle income…
15 February 2017
Successfuly meeting the SDGs is not an easy feat, especially since some of these goals have far-reaching social protection agenda. ADB developing member countries (DMCs) must be able to identify cost and resource requirements required to meet these goals. This presentation shares a modelling…
15 February 2017
Social protection helps lift people out of poverty and enhances access to basic social services. It also builds human capital while increasing access to formal employment, incomes, and savings. In Asia, social protection programs in East Timor, Nepal, Solomon Islands, Thailand, Krygyz Republic, and…