In 2020 and 2021, the government of Sierra Leone rolled out an emergency cash transfer in two phases as part of a scale up of its Social Safety Net Programme, known as Ep Fet Po. Targeted at low-paid informal...
This case study suggests how shock-responsive social protection systems can be the basis of a government-led response to a health crisis and a rapid-onset disaster. It also points to how linking pre-arranged...
This study responds to a request in March 2018 by the Ministry of Finance and Economic Cooperation (MoFEC), to the World Bank and Department for International Development (DfID) to carry out a study of...
The goal of social protection is to ensure that all Kenyans live in dignity and are able to exploit their human capabilities for their own social and economic wellbeing. Investing in social assistance...
Kenya has experienced a decade of relatively strong economic growth. Between 2000 and 2009, economic growth in Kenya averaged 3.7 percent. However, growth declined sharply in 2008 and 2009 as a result...