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Development challenges of income support and social protection

Jorge Carrillo-Rodriguez

Regional Consultation on Strengthening Income Support for Vulnerable Groups in Asia and the Pacific

Incheon, 26-27 March 2014. }

Introduction

Life-cycle, risks and vulnerabilities

Policy challenges

Towards universal protection

Contents

Can income support and social protection contribute to development processes?

Development challenges:

Social and economic needs

Effective policy making

Income support as development

Life-cycle, risks and vulnerabilities

Continuum of age-stages where the needs of an individual changes through their life

Different stages and events of life which an individual or household passes through,

Cumulative impact of discrimination, risk, vulnerability and exclusion across an individual’s life-cycle and between generations.

Making income support responsive to gender

Youth unemployment: the case for policy integration

Ageing: The impending transformation

Informality and mobility

Life-cycle, risks and vulnerabilities

Income support as a pathway out of poverty: the graduation model

Political economy of social protection and income support

Fiscal contraction and development

Policy Challenges

Resources mobilization and allocation

Institutional capacity

Engagement and collaboration

Towards universal support systems

Income support CAN contribute to development

Fragmentation must be approached differently

Institutional and political setups are crucial

Universal protection must be the goal

Final remarks

Thank you