Colonial Legacies and Social Welfare Regimes in Africa: An Empirical Exercise
This paper identifies three types of welfare regimes in Africa, based on the insight that tax and expenditure regimes are closely associated. Using cluster analysis, the author highlights historical legacies … Continue reading →
Social Protection in Africa: Inventory of Non-Contributory Programmes
The number of social protection programmes is expanding globally, and there is growing interest in knowledge exchange among countries in the global South. This inventory aims to contribute in this … Continue reading →
Social Protection Floor Index
The Index (SPFI) is a composite indicator based on the SPFs Recommendation No.202, which serves as a conceptual framework. It measures the potential costs (in % of GDP) to close … Continue reading →
Health Financing Policy: The Macroeconomic, Fiscal, and Public Finance Context
The study outlines the key components of the macroeconomic, fiscal, and public financial management context that need to be considered for an informed health financing discussion at the country level. … Continue reading →
Reorienting health aid to meet post-2015 global health challenges
Global development assistance for health (DAH) increased substantially in the MDGs era, from US $10.8 billion in 2001 to $28.1 billion by 2012 (in 2010 US dollars), and it played … Continue reading →
Live Long and Prosper : Aging in East Asia and Pacific
This book discusses the societal and public policy challenges and reform options for the East Asia and Pacific countries as they address aging. The book aims to strike a balance … Continue reading →
The global burden of foodborne diseases
The report presents the first WHO global and regional estimates of the burden of foodborne diseases. The large disease burden from food highlights the importance of food safety, particularly in … Continue reading →
Social protection in ASEAN at the dawn of integration
The study provides an overview of the social protection situation in each of the ten ASEAN Member States, using the framework of the four Guarantees adopted in 2012 under the … Continue reading →
Entering the city : emerging evidence and practices with safety nets in urban areas
Most safety net programs in low and middle-income countries have hitherto been conceived for rural areas. Yet as the global urban population increases and poverty urbanizes, it becomes of utmost … Continue reading →
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