Pathways out of Extreme Poverty: Tackling Psychosocial and Capital Constraints with a Multi-Faceted Social Protection Program in Niger

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Thomas Bossuroy ◽  
Markus Goldstein ◽  
Dean Karlan ◽  
Harounan Kazianga ◽  
William Parienté ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Capital Constraints ◽  
Social Protection Program

Overcoming Extreme Poverty by Social Protection Floors – Approaches to Closing the Right to Social Security Gap

2017 ◽  
Vol 10 (2) ◽  
Author(s):  
Markus Kaltenborn
Keyword(s):  
Sustainable Development ◽  
Social Security ◽  
Development Policy ◽  
Social Transformation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Rights ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
The Right ◽  
Security Guarantees ◽  
Security Gap

AbstractThe 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development contains a very ambitious poverty reduction schedule: According to Sustainable Development Goal 1 extreme poverty shall be completely eradicated within the next 15 years (SDG 1.1), and also other forms of poverty shall be reduced within the same period at least by half the proportion of men, women and children of all ages (SDG 1.2). Governments are requested to “(i)mplement nationally appropriate social protection systems and measures for all, including floors, and by 2030 achieve substantial coverage of the poor and the vulnerable” (SDG 1.3). The authors of the Agenda refer to the concept of so-called social protection floors which has been identified as an important instrument in the fight against extreme poverty and therefore has attracted much attention in recent development policy debates. In June 2012 the General Conference of the International Labour Organization (ILO) had adopted the Social Protection Floors Recommendation. In this document ILO members are urged, as a first step, to establish basic social security guarantees, including access to essential health care and basic income security for all residents of their countries and, as a second step, to systematically extend these basic social security guarantees into more comprehensive strategies. If we look for legal answers to the global challenge of extreme poverty, then social protection law – and in particular the human right to social security – deserves special attention. Based on the research framework which has been presented by Haglund and Stryker in their book Closing the Rights Gap. From Human Rights to Social Transformation (2015) this article will try to analyze which role the legal systems in the Global South will play in implementing SDG 1 at the national level and in closing the “right to social security-gap”. Haglund and Stryker describe, inter alia, two models for social rights realization which represent alternative approaches to the MDG/SDG concept: (a) the so-called multistage spiral model whose main focus lies on the different phases which new norms have to go through when they are implemented in a state’s society, and (b) the “policy legalization model” which highlights the role of litigation in ensuring social rights compliance. Furthermore the article will deal with the responsibility of the international community in this area of development policy.

scholarly journals Special Health Insurance as an Inclusive Social Protection Program for People with Disabilities

2021 ◽  
Vol 9 (1) ◽  
pp. 71
Author(s):  
Kafa Abdallah Kafaa
Keyword(s):  
Health Insurance ◽  
Program Implementation ◽  
Best Practice ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Study Approach ◽  
Insurance Program ◽  
Health Insurance Program ◽  
Social Protection Program ◽  
Special Health

The article illustrated the intervention of government within poverty alleviation through inclusive social protection for People With Disabilities. By studying Special Health Insurance program in the Special Region of Yogyakarta, it assumes that the existence of the program has occurred from a rights-based perspective in inclusive health configuration. It is based on the case study approach that aimed to explain the Special Health Insurance program implementation to extend coverage to all People With Disabilities. The main result provided the Special Health Insurance-integrated scheme program can be more inclusively and accessible for People With Disabilities than former social protection programs in Indonesia. It has finally provided the best practice for the social protection program as a social policy tool focusing on disability.

scholarly journals Equality and Poverty: Views From Managers and Professionals From Public Services and Household Heads in the Belo Horizonte Metropolitan Area, Brazil

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
VIVIANE HELENA FRANÇA ◽  
Celina Maria Modena ◽  
Ulisses Eugenio Cavalcanti Confalonieri
Keyword(s):  
Quality Of Life ◽  
Social Determinants ◽  
Public Services ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Public Policies ◽  
Basic Needs ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Household Heads ◽  
Belo Horizonte

Abstract Background: Tackling poverty requires reconsideration of quantitative factors related to "who" is poor and by "how much” and qualitative factors addressing "what poverty means in these individuals’ lives". Greater understanding is required concerning the types of access actually used by families in poverty in attempts to meet their basic needs. Poverty must be addressed based on the question: “Inequality of what?” It is in reflecting on the realities of such groups when their basic needs are not met that public policies can be improved and implemented with legitimate priorities. Objective: Describe coverage and access to public health, education and social assistance services and the related effects on the quality of life of families in extreme poverty.Methods: An exploratory mixed methods study was performed applying Amartya Sen's “basic capability equality” framework, with: 1) 27 interviews with managers and professionals from public services serving territories with extreme poverty; 2) Survey with a systematic proportionate stratified sample of 336 heads of households in extreme poverty, from a total 2,605 families. The resulting data was analyzed with thematic content analysis and descriptive statistics, respectively.Results: The managers and professionals described the lives of families in extreme poverty with phrases such as, “These people suffer. Sadness weighs on their lives!” and “Depression is the most common illness”. Their precarious circumstances and inadequate access were cited as causes. Quality of life was considered bad or very bad by 41.4% of heads of households. A total income of less than 1/3 of the minimum wage was received by 56.9%. One or more people were unemployed in the family in 55.8% of cases. For 53.3%, public services “did not meet any or few of their needs”. The main social determinants of health were described as: Alcohol and drugs 68.8%; Lack of good health care 60.7%; Absence of income/work 37.5%. The following were identified as solutions to improve their quality of life: 1 - Health 40.5%; 2 - Education 37.8%; 3 - Employment 44.6%.Conclusions: The social determinants of poverty and health must be addressed jointly through intersectoral public policies and egalitarian mechanisms that promote investment in social protection.

IMPLEMENTASI SISTEM PENDUKUNG KEPUTUSAN DALAM PEMBERIAN BANTUAN KEPADA MASYARAKAT DESA

2017 ◽  
Vol 3 (2) ◽  
pp. 61
Author(s):  
Novia Lestari ◽  
Reti Handayani ◽  
Yulia Jihan SY
Keyword(s):  
Poverty Alleviation ◽  
Social Protection ◽  
Social Assistance ◽  
Ahp Method ◽  
Data Errors ◽  
Inaccurate Data ◽  
Processing Data ◽  
The Government ◽  
Social Protection Program ◽  
Selection Of

<p>Salah satu langkah konkret yang dilakukan pemerintah dalam penanggulangan kemiskinan adalah dengan mengadakan program perlindungan sosial, yaitu berupa pemberian bantuan sosial kepada masyarakat miskin yang menjadi target sasaran program. Permasalahan yang sering terjadi dalam pelaksanaan program perlindungan sosial tersebut adalah terjadinya salah sasaran dalam pemberian bantuan sosial akibat adanya kesalahan (<em>error</em>) data, tidak akuratnya data penerima sasaran program perlindungan sosial, dan tidak konsistennya <em>stake holder</em> terkait dalam penentuan kelayakan masyarakat penerima bantuan. Maka dirancanglah sistem yang dapat membantu dalam perekapan, pengolahan, dan penyeleksian data penerima bantuan yaitu dengan sistem pendukung keputusan menggunakan metode <em>Analytical Hierarcy Process</em> (AHP) yang merupakan salah satu model untuk pengambilan keputusan yang komprehensif dengan memperhitungkan nilai bobot masing-masing kriteria. Sehingga bisa mempermudah <em>stakeholder</em> terkait dalam perekapan dan pengolahan data penerima bantuan, serta membantu dalam penentuan kelayakan penerima bantuan agar merata, tepat sasaran dan sesuai dengan ketentuan yang telah ditetapkan pemerintah.</p><p> </p><p><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; line-height: 115%; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif; mso-fareast-font-family: Calibri; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA;" lang="EN-US">One of the concrete steps taken by the government in poverty alleviation is by conducting social protection program, which is social assistance to the poor targeted by the program. The problems that often occur in the implementation of social protection programs are the occurrence of misunderstandings in the provision of social assistance due to data errors, inaccurate data target beneficiaries of social protection programs, and inconsistent stakeholders related in determining the eligibility of beneficiary communities. Then the system is designed that can assist in the recording, processing and selection of beneficiary data that is with decision support system using Analytical Hierarcy Process (AHP) method which is one model for comprehensive decision making by calculating the weight value of each criterion. So that it can facilitate related stakeholders in recording and processing data of beneficiaries, and assist in determining the eligibility of beneficiaries to be equitable, right on target and in accordance with the provisions set by the government</span></em></p><pre style="text-align: justify;"><em><span style="font-size: 11.0pt; font-family: 'Times New Roman',serif;" lang="EN-US">One of the concrete steps taken by the government in poverty alleviation is by conducting social protection program, which is social assistance to the poor targeted by the program. The problems that often occur in the implementation of social protection programs are the occurrence of misunderstandings in the provision of social assistance due to data errors, inaccurate data target beneficiaries of social protection programs, and inconsistent stakeholders related in determining the eligibility of beneficiary communities. Then the system is designed that can assist in the recording, processing and selection of beneficiary data that is with decision support system using Analytical Hierarcy Process (AHP) method which is one model for comprehensive decision making by calculating the weight value of each criterion. So that it can facilitate related stakeholders in recording and processing data of beneficiaries, and assist in determining the eligibility of beneficiaries to be equitable, right on target and in accordance with the provisions set by the government.</span></em></pre>

Disability, Culture, and Technology

2022 ◽  
pp. 629-648
Author(s):  
Sefakor Grateful-Miranda Ama Komabu-Pomeyie
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
People With Disabilities ◽  
Phenomenological Approach ◽  
Disability Culture ◽  
The Social ◽  
Disability Law ◽  
United Nations Convention ◽  
Ict Training ◽  
The Right ◽  
Social Protection Program

Ghana has many interventions or systems to eradicate poverty among vulnerable people, especially those with disabilities. Ghana's Parliament launched the Social Protection Program in conformity with the United Nations Convention on the Right of People with Disabilities (UNCRPD) as well as the Disability Law of Ghana. One of these programs is the Social Protection Program, under which rehabilitation and RLG ICT training of People with Disabilities (PWDs) have been implemented in the classroom. The main goal of this program is to educate PWDs, granting them employable skills and thereby enabling them to become independent citizens. This chapter, which is related to one of the recommended topics, “Issues and Challenges of Digital Tools and Applications in the Classroom,” draws on and employs a phenomenological approach to confirm the lack of culturally responsiveness of technology to the Ghanaian disability community. Participants indicated they were disconnected from the program because the technological devices were foreign and not connected to their indigenous culture.

Absolute poverty and social protection in the EU: a cross-national comparison

2019 ◽  
pp. 249-266
Author(s):  
Stefanos Papanastasiou
Keyword(s):  
Social Protection ◽  
Material Deprivation ◽  
Welfare Regime ◽  
Absolute Poverty ◽  
Social Democratic ◽  
Extreme Poverty ◽  
Goods And Services ◽  
The Social ◽  
National Comparison ◽  
The Eu

This chapter offers an empirical exploration of extreme poverty trends and patterns in the EU from a welfare regime perspective. Extreme poverty is operationalized as severe material deprivation, that is, the enforced inability to pay for a certain amount of goods and services. The empirical findings indicate that extreme poverty is low in the countries of the Social-democratic welfare regime and high in the countries of the South-European and the Liberal regime, whereas the countries of the Conservative-Corporatist welfare regime place themselves in-between.

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