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Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

Digitalising Social Protection: Three lessons learnt

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Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.G4 and provides lessons learnt from the INTPA.D4-funded paper “Digital Social Protection: e-solutions for basic service delivery”.

Worldwide
Africa
Togo
+3
Democratic Republic of the Congo
Americas & the Caribbean
Colombia
Digitalisation
Big Data
Internet access
+3
Mobile technology
Social Protection and Inclusion
Social Protection policies
Bridging the Gap II: best practices in inclusion of persons with disabilities in development cooperation

Bridging the Gap II: best practices in inclusion of persons with disabilities in development cooperation

Article
Editors' Spotlight

The Capacity4dev editorial team worked with INTPA.E.2 and outlines best practices for the inclusion of persons with disabilities.

Africa
Americas & the Caribbean
Social Protection and Inclusion

Europe’s priceless know-how on social protection and employment

Article
Voices & Views

Most countries can finance some kind of social safety net through domestic resources, according to Belgian deputy prime minister and minister for development Alexander De Croo. But he says developing nations often lack the...

Africa
Côte d'Ivoire
Americas & the Caribbean
+3
Mexico
Asia
Azerbaijan
Capacity Development
Social Protection and Inclusion
Defining social protection programmes
+1
Social Protection policies

Including Disability in All Aspects of Development

Article
Voices & Views

The inclusion of disability in the Sustainable Development Goals is a breakthrough for the billion people around the world who experience some form of disability. Four-fifths live in developing countries, and although they are...

Africa
Americas & the Caribbean
Development Policy
Employment & VET
Social Protection and Inclusion

Overcoming Social Inequality: Highlights from Brazil and Honduras with EUROsociAL

Article
Voices & Views

Despite its positive development over the last decade, Latin America still faces challenges in overcoming social inequality. To tackle these discrepancies the EU launched in 2005 a programme of cooperation with Latin American...

Americas & the Caribbean
Brazil
Honduras
Employment & VET
Justice & rule of law
Peace and Security
+1
Social Protection and Inclusion

Making University Relevant for the African Labour Market

Article
Voices & Views

If African countries are to develop, they need highly skilled local professionals, especially in core technologies. In Burkina Faso, the International Institute for Water and Environmental Engineering (2iE) provides training that...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Capacity Development
Education
Employment & VET
+5
Knowledge Management
Learning
Private Sector
Social Protection and Inclusion
Trade & Economic Integration

Social Protection and the Challenges of the Informal Economy

Article
Voices & Views

Workers in the African informal economy are generally not covered by adequate social protection. Existing social insurance mechanisms are generally not adapted to the structure of the labour force and access to social assistance...

Africa
Burkina Faso
Civil Society
Employment & VET
Social Protection and Inclusion