A discussion of some of he factors affecting the formulation of social protection programmes in Asia and the Pacific

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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. }

2. Introduction
Life-cycle, risks and vulnerabilities
Policy challenges
Towards universal protection
Contents

3. Can income support and social protection
contribute to development processes?
Development challenges:
 Social and economic needs
 Effective policy making
Income support as
development

4. 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.

5. 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

6. 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

7. Resources mobilization and
allocation
Institutional capacity
Engagement and collaboration
Towards universal
support systems

8. 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

9. Thank you