Protection Sociale
Dans les économies à revenus faibles et intermédiaires du monde entier, les programmes de protection sociale comme les transferts monétaires ou en nature et l’assurance sociale sont de plus en plus utilisés pour lutter contre la pauvreté et réduire les inégalités. Cependant, les difficultés auxquelles se heurte la conception de tels programmes dans ce type de contexte ne sont pas les mêmes que dans les économies à revenu élevé. Par exemple, dans de nombreux pays à revenus faibles et intermédiaires, le gouvernement ne dispose pas de données sur la situation professionnelle et les revenus des individus, et il est donc difficile de cibler efficacement les programmes de prestations sociales en faveur des plus démunis.
À mesure que les programmes de protection sociale se développent, il est essentiel de s’assurer que les gouvernements mettent en place des systèmes solides, capables à la fois de lutter contre la pauvreté à long terme et d’aider les ménages les plus vulnérables à s’adapter aux chocs économiques, sanitaires, climatiques et autres.
En plus d’aider les décideurs politiques à appliquer les résultats des évaluations aléatoires à leur propre contexte, les responsables et l’équipe du secteur se chargent également de rédiger des pistes de réflexion qui résument les grands enseignements issus de la recherche et de synthétiser les conclusions des évaluations dans des notes de politique et des résumés d’évaluation. Ils financent en outre de nouvelles études dans le cadre de la Social Protection Initiative.
Blog
The Evidence Effect: How LMIC governments drive and scale effective poverty reduction policies
Most LMIC governments invest far more in their own social programs—which include health care, education, and social safety nets—than all foreign aid combined. While foreign assistance has been in the spotlight this year, LMIC governments are the ones that make financial commitments, set priorities...
Policy insight
Building stable livelihoods for low-income households
A multifaceted livelihood program that provided low-income households with a productive asset, training, regular coaching, access to savings, and consumption support led to large and long-lasting positive impacts on their standard of living. Additionally, recipient households were better positioned...
Case study
Giving directly to support poor households
GiveDirectly has expanded its cash transfer program, which was found in a randomized evaluation to have improved economic and psychological well-being in Kenya, to reach over 1.6 million people in Bangladesh, DRC, Kenya, Liberia, Malawi, Mozambique, Rwanda, and the United States.
Evaluation
Mobile Phone Data Compared to Household Surveys to Evaluate the Impact of Cash Transfers in Togo
In Togo, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to test the effect of cash grants on people's welfare and if using mobile phone data in impact evaluations yielded the same results as survey data. They found that the cash grant program increased food security, mental health, and self-perceived...
Evaluation
The Impacts of In-kind Food Transfers versus Electronic Vouchers on Poverty Reduction in Indonesia
In partnership with the Government of Indonesia, researchers conducted a randomized evaluation to compare the efficacy of vouchers versus in-kind transfers in reducing poverty and improving program delivery. The reform led to an increase in assistance received by eligible households, due to improved...
Case study
Designing a social protection program during Covid-19
J-PAL affiliated researchers supported the Government of Chile in designing a cash transfer program during the Covid-19 pandemic, which reached almost 3 million households.
File: Policy publication
Going the Last Mile: Lifting ultra-poor households out of extreme poverty
The Bihar Rural Livelihoods Promotion Society (known as JEEViKA), NGO Bandhan-Konnagar, and J-PAL South Asia launched the Satat Jeevikoparjan Yojana: Ending Ultra Poverty at Scale, a playbook developed for government and civil society organizations working towards ending extreme poverty. The...
Research Directions on Social Protection in Low- and Middle-Income Countries
The Social Protection Initiative (SPI) funds randomized evaluations of social protection programs in low- and middle-income countries and supports policy engagement to share insights from completed research. To help diagnose the evidence gaps and provide a foundation and guide for SPI's funding...
