Dr Rachel Sabates-Wheeler, of the Institute of Development Studies, discusses the needs of migrants and the difficulties they face when they try to access social protection.
This document discusses personalization and choice in social care. It outlines the history and evolution of direct payments, individual budgets, and personal budgets. While these aim to give users more choice and control, there are also risks, such as uncertainty, lack of information, cultural and legal constraints, and increased responsibility being placed on users and carers. About half of total spending on social care for older people comes from private contributions rather than the local authority, showing that social care is already quite privatized in many ways.
Presentation by Claus Folden (Head of Operational Support, European Asylum Support Office) on the occasion of the conference on Immigration – a source of wealth and duties for Europe organised by the EESC, the Council of Europe and the French Economic, Social and Environmental Council in Brussels on 15 March 2013.
This document discusses funding for people with disabilities. It notes that people with disabilities have similar needs as others but may have additional costs associated with their disability. Currently, funding comes from various sources like government, compensation, insurance, and personal resources. There are problems with the current arrangements as they often focus on causes rather than needs, lead to over-servicing, and create confusion. Traditional solutions like stopping "double-dipping" do not provide a comprehensive analysis. The document suggests taking a person-centered approach by auditing existing resources, making funding flows transparent, and ensuring reasonable and necessary assistance is available through effective means. It questions basic assumptions about who pays and how, and argues the community should discuss what is reasonable.
Distance Learning for Health Workshop: Programmes of Training for Health Mana...LIDC
The document outlines FAIMER's objectives to create a network of health professions educators for collaboration, strengthen leadership and education methods, and establish health professions education as a field. FAIMER aims to achieve this through regional institutes, projects, mentoring, and connecting educators. Evaluation found the network strengthened knowledge and skills, and supported the development of health professions education in several countries by creating organizations, journals, and establishing the field as a recognized specialty. FAIMER has had a positive impact on education units, teaching quality, and community health.
Agriculture and Health: Perspective from the UK's Biotechnology and Biologica...LIDC
This document discusses the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's (BBSRC) perspectives on agriculture and health. It outlines three major research priorities: food security, bioenergy/industrial biotechnology, and basic bioscience underpinning health. Examples are given of how agriculture research impacts health, such as improving cereal quality and trace elements, and reducing pesticide/fertilizer dependence through breeding. Global food security is also discussed as a growing challenge that requires increased sustainable production and reduced waste through multidisciplinary research.
Using Randomized Control Trials to Inform Development Policy - Dr Rachel Glen...LIDC
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This document discusses personalization and choice in social care. It outlines the history and evolution of direct payments, individual budgets, and personal budgets. While these aim to give users more choice and control, there are also risks, such as uncertainty, lack of information, cultural and legal constraints, and increased responsibility being placed on users and carers. About half of total spending on social care for older people comes from private contributions rather than the local authority, showing that social care is already quite privatized in many ways.
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This document discusses funding for people with disabilities. It notes that people with disabilities have similar needs as others but may have additional costs associated with their disability. Currently, funding comes from various sources like government, compensation, insurance, and personal resources. There are problems with the current arrangements as they often focus on causes rather than needs, lead to over-servicing, and create confusion. Traditional solutions like stopping "double-dipping" do not provide a comprehensive analysis. The document suggests taking a person-centered approach by auditing existing resources, making funding flows transparent, and ensuring reasonable and necessary assistance is available through effective means. It questions basic assumptions about who pays and how, and argues the community should discuss what is reasonable.
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The document outlines FAIMER's objectives to create a network of health professions educators for collaboration, strengthen leadership and education methods, and establish health professions education as a field. FAIMER aims to achieve this through regional institutes, projects, mentoring, and connecting educators. Evaluation found the network strengthened knowledge and skills, and supported the development of health professions education in several countries by creating organizations, journals, and establishing the field as a recognized specialty. FAIMER has had a positive impact on education units, teaching quality, and community health.
Agriculture and Health: Perspective from the UK's Biotechnology and Biologica...LIDC
This document discusses the UK Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Council's (BBSRC) perspectives on agriculture and health. It outlines three major research priorities: food security, bioenergy/industrial biotechnology, and basic bioscience underpinning health. Examples are given of how agriculture research impacts health, such as improving cereal quality and trace elements, and reducing pesticide/fertilizer dependence through breeding. Global food security is also discussed as a growing challenge that requires increased sustainable production and reduced waste through multidisciplinary research.
Using Randomized Control Trials to Inform Development Policy - Dr Rachel Glen...LIDC
- The document discusses the use of randomized evaluations to inform development policy through the Abdul Latif Jameel Poverty Action Lab network of researchers and centers.
- Over 250 evaluations have been conducted in more than 30 countries worldwide covering a wide range of topics and using randomized controlled trials to test interventions.
- Examples of impactful evaluations discussed include evaluating the impact of microfinance in India, deworming programs in Kenya, and remedial education programs tested across multiple countries.
Distance Learning for Health Workshop: Programmes of Training for Health Mana...LIDC
Management Sciences for Health (MSH) offers virtual leadership and management programs to increase their reach globally. They have conducted over 47 virtual programs across 68 countries since 2002, training over 3,500 participants. The virtual programs utilize blended learning approaches including team-based work, practical application of concepts, discussion and exchange. Key lessons learned are that facilitation is important for virtual programs and follow-up support remains critical despite challenges with limited internet access in some areas.
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The document discusses social protection for children and the concept of childhood vulnerability. It notes that childhood poverty is multidimensional and relates to risks in survival, development, protection and participation. Vulnerability is also relational as children depend on caregivers, and can be compounded by the vulnerabilities those caregivers face. Social protection aims to enhance rights, reduce risks, and promote well-being through policy instruments like social transfers, insurance programs, services, and legislation. Broad social protection systems are needed as economic growth alone does not solve childhood poverty.
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2. These conceptions imply varying criteria for naturalization - communitarian views may require stringent cultural integration, while liberal views require thinner commitment to democratic institutions. Republican views emphasize interdependence and encourage engagement.
3. Most countries regulate citizenship acquisition through birthright citizenship or naturalization with criteria like residence, integration, character, and knowledge. However, states must balance inclusive versus exclusive approaches to avoid oppressive naturalization conditions.
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1. Identify key populations most affected by HIV, TB, and malaria who face human rights-related barriers to health services.
2. Design disease programs using a human rights-based approach to address these barriers through specific activities.
3. Invest in services to remove human rights barriers, such as legal aid for criminalized groups, sensitization of healthcare workers, and community outreach.
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The document provides guidance on integrating human rights considerations into Global Fund grants. It recommends that applicants:
1) Identify key populations most affected by HIV, TB, and malaria and human rights barriers they face in accessing health services.
2) Design disease programs using a human rights-based approach to remove these barriers.
3) Invest in services like community strengthening to promote access for all populations in a non-discriminatory way. Applicants are encouraged to consult with affected communities and human rights experts to comprehensively assess barriers and design appropriate rights-respecting programs and interventions. Protecting human rights is crucial to effectively respond to the three diseases.
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2) Several countries have implemented public health programs incorporating these findings, though their impact is still unclear. Applying this knowledge in low- and middle-income countries faces challenges due to social inequalities and weak systems.
3) Mental health should be explicitly included in global development goals and initiatives to reduce disparities and promote wellbeing for all. Integrating mental health across sectors
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This document discusses the need for improving the use of evidence in developing policy in developing countries. It outlines 3ie's goal of supporting better evidence to improve lives. While evaluation is commonly used in other fields like engineering, policy evaluation in areas like education and poverty alleviation is rare. Results are difficult to measure and take a long time to be observed. Politicians and evaluators often have different incentives, with politicians wanting quick results and evaluators wanting rigorous research. Ways to better align these groups include incentivizing implementation of strategies, quicker dissemination of results, and institutionalizing evaluation practice beyond political cycles.
Using Evidence to Drive Health Interventions: The Case of Household Water Tre...LIDC
The document discusses using evidence to drive health interventions, using household water treatment as a case study. It summarizes evidence from systematic reviews and randomized controlled trials on the impact of various household water treatment methods in reducing diarrhea. Key challenges discussed are achieving effective and consistent use, long-term and sustainable uptake, and targeting vulnerable populations. The evidence suggests household water treatment can significantly reduce diarrhea but effectiveness depends on addressing these challenges.
Systematic Reviews as a Source of Useful Evidence: The Experience of the EPPI...LIDC
The document discusses the experience of the EPPI-Centre in conducting systematic reviews to inform evidence-based policymaking. It describes how the EPPI-Centre has evolved from initially conducting reviews on clinical interventions to addressing broader social and environmental factors that influence health and development outcomes. The EPPI-Centre has helped establish systematic reviews as an important source of evidence, built global capacity for evidence synthesis, and innovated methods to synthesize different types of qualitative and quantitative data from diverse settings. It has also helped shift understanding from solely clinical models to recognizing social determinants of health and evaluating complex interventions.
Surviving the Big One: Recovery After the 2008 Sichuan Earthquake - Dr Patric...LIDC
The document summarizes a study examining factors that allowed some households to recover more quickly from the devastating 2008 Wenchuan earthquake in China's Sichuan province. The study uses survey data collected before and after the earthquake from over 800 rural households in two towns, one closer to the epicenter. It finds that households in the town farther from the epicenter suffered less damage and recovered more quickly. An econometric analysis indicates that having an urban hukou (residential status) prior to the earthquake was associated with a higher post-earthquake body mass index (BMI), a sign of better nutritional recovery. Other factors like off-farm work or party membership did not show clear impacts on recovery outcomes.
Strategies for Effective Upskilling is a presentation by Chinwendu Peace in a Your Skill Boost Masterclass organisation by the Excellence Foundation for South Sudan on 08th and 09th June 2024 from 1 PM to 3 PM on each day.
বাংলাদেশের অর্থনৈতিক সমীক্ষা ২০২৪ [Bangladesh Economic Review 2024 Bangla.pdf] কম্পিউটার , ট্যাব ও স্মার্ট ফোন ভার্সন সহ সম্পূর্ণ বাংলা ই-বুক বা pdf বই " সুচিপত্র ...বুকমার্ক মেনু 🔖 ও হাইপার লিংক মেনু 📝👆 যুক্ত ..
আমাদের সবার জন্য খুব খুব গুরুত্বপূর্ণ একটি বই ..বিসিএস, ব্যাংক, ইউনিভার্সিটি ভর্তি ও যে কোন প্রতিযোগিতা মূলক পরীক্ষার জন্য এর খুব ইম্পরট্যান্ট একটি বিষয় ...তাছাড়া বাংলাদেশের সাম্প্রতিক যে কোন ডাটা বা তথ্য এই বইতে পাবেন ...
তাই একজন নাগরিক হিসাবে এই তথ্য গুলো আপনার জানা প্রয়োজন ...।
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June 3, 2024 Anti-Semitism Letter Sent to MIT President Kornbluth and MIT Cor...Levi Shapiro
Letter from the Congress of the United States regarding Anti-Semitism sent June 3rd to MIT President Sally Kornbluth, MIT Corp Chair, Mark Gorenberg
Dear Dr. Kornbluth and Mr. Gorenberg,
The US House of Representatives is deeply concerned by ongoing and pervasive acts of antisemitic
harassment and intimidation at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). Failing to act decisively to ensure a safe learning environment for all students would be a grave dereliction of your responsibilities as President of MIT and Chair of the MIT Corporation.
This Congress will not stand idly by and allow an environment hostile to Jewish students to persist. The House believes that your institution is in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, and the inability or
unwillingness to rectify this violation through action requires accountability.
Postsecondary education is a unique opportunity for students to learn and have their ideas and beliefs challenged. However, universities receiving hundreds of millions of federal funds annually have denied
students that opportunity and have been hijacked to become venues for the promotion of terrorism, antisemitic harassment and intimidation, unlawful encampments, and in some cases, assaults and riots.
The House of Representatives will not countenance the use of federal funds to indoctrinate students into hateful, antisemitic, anti-American supporters of terrorism. Investigations into campus antisemitism by the Committee on Education and the Workforce and the Committee on Ways and Means have been expanded into a Congress-wide probe across all relevant jurisdictions to address this national crisis. The undersigned Committees will conduct oversight into the use of federal funds at MIT and its learning environment under authorities granted to each Committee.
• The Committee on Education and the Workforce has been investigating your institution since December 7, 2023. The Committee has broad jurisdiction over postsecondary education, including its compliance with Title VI of the Civil Rights Act, campus safety concerns over disruptions to the learning environment, and the awarding of federal student aid under the Higher Education Act.
• The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is investigating the sources of funding and other support flowing to groups espousing pro-Hamas propaganda and engaged in antisemitic harassment and intimidation of students. The Committee on Oversight and Accountability is the principal oversight committee of the US House of Representatives and has broad authority to investigate “any matter” at “any time” under House Rule X.
• The Committee on Ways and Means has been investigating several universities since November 15, 2023, when the Committee held a hearing entitled From Ivory Towers to Dark Corners: Investigating the Nexus Between Antisemitism, Tax-Exempt Universities, and Terror Financing. The Committee followed the hearing with letters to those institutions on January 10, 202
Executive Directors Chat Leveraging AI for Diversity, Equity, and InclusionTechSoup
Let’s explore the intersection of technology and equity in the final session of our DEI series. Discover how AI tools, like ChatGPT, can be used to support and enhance your nonprofit's DEI initiatives. Participants will gain insights into practical AI applications and get tips for leveraging technology to advance their DEI goals.
Biological screening of herbal drugs: Introduction and Need for
Phyto-Pharmacological Screening, New Strategies for evaluating
Natural Products, In vitro evaluation techniques for Antioxidants, Antimicrobial and Anticancer drugs. In vivo evaluation techniques
for Anti-inflammatory, Antiulcer, Anticancer, Wound healing, Antidiabetic, Hepatoprotective, Cardio protective, Diuretics and
Antifertility, Toxicity studies as per OECD guidelines
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A workshop hosted by the South African Journal of Science aimed at postgraduate students and early career researchers with little or no experience in writing and publishing journal articles.
South African Journal of Science: Writing with integrity workshop (2024)
Social Protection and Migration: Portability and Access, Dr Rachel Sabates-Wheeler
1. Social Protection and Migration:Portability and Access Dr Rachel Sabates-Wheeler Centre for Social Protection Institute of Development Studies Migration and the Right to Health University of London, 26-27 May, 2010
2. Social Protection Helping people manage vulnerability and risk Better risk management risk taking Risk taking investment and growth Migration possibly the most important risk management strategy available …but: Double/triple disadvantage of migration Migration creates needs for social protection Migration reduces access to social protection Migration reduces ability to demand social protection
4. Social Protection and Migration Portability of social security entitlements Ability to preserve vested social security entitlements independent of nationality and country of residence Access to assistance, insurance and social services In host country, for migrants and their families In home country, for returning migrants and families left behind What services (public, private, occupational): social security, safety nets, healthcare, education, housing; Labor markets for international migrants: Recruitment process in home country Relation b/w immigration policy and LM in host countries Informal systems of social protection Migrants typically self-insure through networks, remittances, savings and investments
5. Portability Majority of migrants face obstacles with regard to portability of benefits, in particular migrants from developing countries Healthcare Only few cases of portable healthcare Only between similar, insurance-type systems Financial burden for developing countries No fair cost sharing agreements, not even within EU Only about 25% of all migrants are covered, majority in EU (82%)
6. Only 24.3% of all migrants worldwide covered, but very few migrants from low income countries
8. 8 Access to social protection Two types of investigation into migration and SP: Legal frameworks and rights Actual access to resources Migrants often do not receive SP even if they are entitled to it We cannot fully understand the portability of SP without analysing Whether migrants actually receive benefits What about the design of the distribution system excludes them What migrants can do to negotiate improved access
9. 9 Eligibility – physical and political Administrative boundaries define different access structures Eligibility criteria Requirements to prove eligibility Mechanisms for distribution Contradictions between human rights, labour rights and migrant rights Portability issues exist wherever individuals cross administrative boundaries Regional/National/Sub-national
10. How do migrants self-insure? Majority of labour migrants are seeking higher income for improving life back home The majority are circular, seasonal and typically wish to return Informal networks and associations Length of stay – and distance from home Migration as SP: Remittances and savings and asset accumulation Not interested in contributing to pensions – due to poverty…interested in asset accumulation back home, healthcare and education for children
11. 11 Key knowledge gaps Increasing knowledge on legal frameworks and portability mechanisms Understanding actual access and negotiations to improve access by migrants is less well developed Part of broader research agenda on migrants’ adverse incorporation to and exclusion from social provisioning from Markets Informal networks and charity Employers Formal organisations
12. 12 Next steps Research that focuses on migrants’ actual access and voice around it in… A range of access situations between Different types of SP (market, informal, employer, formal) Different types of migration (internal, international, regional) Policymaking that pays close attention to the structures that distribute social provisioning to migrants Sabates-Wheeler and Feldman, (eds.), (forthcoming), Social Protection and Migration: claiming social rights beyond borders, Palgrave-Macmillan
Editor's Notes
Entitlements/rights are only as useful as the access structures surrounding them