Transformative Change through Social Protection?

A study of five social protection projects in South Asia has found they struggled to create transformative change, and were unable to tackle the persistent discrimination driving poverty and social exclusion.

Nicholas Taylor, Head of Sector for Employment, Social Inclusion and Social Protection at EuropeAid, told capacity4dev that the classic “poverty reduction paradigm” of targeting the needy with cash transfers too often fails to address the underlying causes of poverty. 

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