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Inclusive Economy22 Oct 2013Annemarie van de Vijsel, Bertil Videt

This is a list of selected reports, papers and databases on social protection in developing countries. It consists of three tables:

Table 1 contains a selection of reports by institutions as well as their theme pages on social protection;
Table 2 covers research papers by academics, research institutions and independent think-tanks that are available online;
Table 3 includes links to databases on social protection.

Table 1. Institutional reports and theme pages

Report	Institution	Year
Social Protection Floor for a Fair and Inclusive Globalization (pdf)	ILO	2011
World Social Security Report 2010/11. Providing coverage in times of crisis and beyond (pdf)	ILO	2010
Social Protection, Poverty and the Post-2015 Agenda (pdf)	World Bank	2013
Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural Change, Social Policy and Politics	UNRISD	2010
Social Protection Strategic Framework	UNICEF
Social Protection & Labor	World Bank
Resilience, Equity and Opportunity, The World Bank 2012-2022 Social Protection And Labor Strategy	World Bank
Promoting Pro-Poor Growth: Social Protection	OECD	2009
Underwriting the Poor, A Global Fund for Social Protection (pdf)	Olivier de Schutter, Magdalena Sepúlveda (UN High Special Rapporteurs)	2012
Social Protection in European Union Development Cooperation (pdf)	European Commission	2012
Social Protection for Inclusive Development – A new perspective in EU co-operation with Africa (pdf)	European Report on Development (ERD)	2010
The Social Protection Index: Assessing Results for Asia and the Pacific	Asian Development Bank (ADB)	2013
Global Extension of Social Security (GESS)	ILO
Social Protection and Cash Transfers	IPC-IG (International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth, UNDP)
Social protection publications	ILO
ECLAC Publications Social Security	Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean (ECLAC)
South-South learning on social protection	UNDP
Targeting and Universalism in Poverty Reduction. Social Policy and Development Programme Paper, Number 23, December (pdf)	Thandika Mkandawire, UNRISD	2005
Social Protection, Poverty Reduction and Pro-Growth (pdf). Policy Guidance Note: Social Protection. OECD	OECD	2009
ILO Convention No. 102 on minimum standards	ILO	1952
Examining Conditional Cash Transfer Programs: A Role for Increased Social Inclusion? The World Bank Institute, SP Discussion paper no. 0603 (pdf)	Bénédicte de la Brière and Laura B. Rawlings, World Bank	2006
Special Issue: The role of national social protection floors in extending social security to all, International Security Review, 66(3-4), pp. 1-210.	International Social Security Review	2013
Poverty in focus, social protection: the role of cash transfers (pdf)	UNDP International Poverty Centre (IPC-UNDP)	2006

Table 2. Research papers

Report	Institution	year
The forthcoming second edition of the policy guide Designing and Implementing Social Transfer Programmes	EPRI (Economic Policy Research Institute)	forthcoming
Social Protection Responses to the Financial Crisis: What do we Know?	IDS in focus policy briefing	2009
GSDRC Applied Knowledge Services: types of social protection	GSDRC
GDN conference ‘Inequality, Social Protection and Inclusive Growth’ (pdf)	GDN (Global Development Network)	2013
Social Sciences Research Network: research by Armando Barrientos	Armando Barrientos	various years
ODI Social Protection programme	ODI (The Overseas Development Insitute)
Why Emerging Economies Need Social Policy: the Cases of China and India (short version) (pdf)	Arjan de Haan, IPC-UNDP	2013
A Conceptual Framework for Understanding the Role of Cash Transfers in Social Protection (pdf), ODI Project Briefing, Overseas Development Institute, London.	Rachel Slater, John Farrington, Rebecca Holmes, Paul Harvey, ODI	2008
Cost-effective safety nets. What are the costs of reaching the poor? (pdf)	World Food Programme, International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI)	2003
Making Cash Count: Lessons from cash transfers in east and southern Africa for supporting the most vulnerable children and households (pdf)	S. Devereux, Marshall, J., MacAskill, J., Pelham, L.Save the Children UK, HelpAge International and Institute of Development Studies, University of Sussex	2005
Systemic Shocks and Social Protection: Role and Effectiveness of Public Works Programs, Social Protection Discussion paper (pdf)	Kalanidhi Subbarao, World Bank	2003
Transforming Cash Transfers Symposium	DFID
Socio-economic security over the life course: A global review of social protection. Report of a Social Protection Scoping Study. Institute of Development Studies: University of Sussex (pdf)	Sarah Cook and Naila Kabeer, IDS Centre for Social Protection	2009
The Political Economy of Targeting (pdf) In D. van de Walle & K. Nead (Eds.) Public spending and the poor: theory and evidence. World Bank, The John Hopkins University Press: USA, Baltimore.	Amartya Sen, World Bank	1995
Equal Pensions, Equal Rights: Achieving Universal Pension Coverage for Old Women and Men in Developing Countries (pdf) In: Gender & Development, 17:3, pp. 377-388	Stephen Kidd	2009
Social Pensions Part I: Their Role in the Overall Pension System (pdf) Social Protection Discussion Paper No. 0601. World Bank: USA, Washington DC.	Robert Palacios and Oleksiy Sluchynsky	2006
We Are All Poor Here: Economic Difference, Social Divisiveness, and Targeting Cash Transfers in Sub-Saharan Africa’ (pdf) Paper prepared for the conference Social Protection for the Poorest in Africa: Learning from Experience, Kampala, Uganda, pp. 8-10.	Frank Ellis	2008
Reforming pensions: principles, analytical errors and policy directions. In: International social security review, 62 (2). pp. 5-29.	Nicholas Barr and Peter Diamond	2009
When is social protection productivity-enhancing? Costs and benefits on economic performances (pdf)	Federico Tomassi	2010
Informal and Formal Social Protection Systems in Sub-Saharan Africa. OSSREA Publications.	Devereux and Getu (eds.), Organisation for Social Science Research in Eastern and Souther Africa (OSSREA)	2013
Social Protection as Development Policy: A New International Agenda for Action	Francois-Xavier Merrien	2013
Editorial Introduction: Debating Social Protection (pdf). In: IDS Bulletin, 38(3), pp. 1-7.	Stephen Devereux and Rachel Sabates-Wheeler	2007
Social Protection Concepts and Approaches: Implications for Policy and Practice (pdf) in International Development, London: Overseas Development Institute	Andy Norton, Tim Conway and Mick Foster	2001
Digging holes and filling them again? How far do public works enhance livelihoods?(pdf)	Anna McCord and John Farrington, ODI	2008
How can Safety Nets Contribute to Economic Growth, Policy Research Working Papers (pdf)	Harold Alderman and Ruslan Yemtsov, World Bank	2013
Social Transfers and Growth: What Do We Know? What Do We Need to Find Out? (pdf) In: World Development 40(1), pp. 11-20	Armando Barrientos	2011

Table 3. Databases

Database	Institution
Social Transfers Evidence Database	EPRI (Economic Policy Research Institute) and DFID (Department for International Development, UK)
Social Assistance in Developing Countries Database (pdf)	Armando Barrientos, Miguel Niño-Zarazúa and Mathilde Maitrot, Brooks World Poverty Institute, The University of Manchester
The State of Social Safety Nets 2013 (pdf)	The World Bank
Social pensions database	Pension Watch
ASPIRE: The Atlas of Social Protection – Indicators of Resilience and Equity	World Bank
Social security inquiry database	ILO
Database of CCT and Social Pension programmes in Latin America	ECLAC (Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean)
USA Social Security Administration	USA Social Security Administration
Social Security Observatory	ILO
Global Extension of Social Security (GESS) Statistics	ILO

ASC web dossier

For more resources on social protection in Africa, The African Studies Centre’s bibliographic web dossier, containing book titles available in the ASC Library.