Social Protection as Development Policy in Asia: The Long Term Perspective
27 to 29 October 2010
Bangkok
The conference on “Social Protection as Development Policy in Asia: The long term perspective” was convened in Bangkok from 27 to 29 October 2010. It was organized jointly by the Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP), and the Social Protection in Asia programme (SPA), with the collaboration of the United Nations Research Institute for Social Development (UNRISD).
The main objective of the meeting was to provide a platform for policy-makers, researchers and international organizations to exchange views, experiences and knowledge on social protection and its role in the development of the countries in the region.
Information and Documents
Presentations and documents
| A Social Protection Floor as Development Policy by Ms. Isabel Ortiz, UNICEF |  PDF |
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| Towards inclusive social protection systems in the Asia Region: Barriers and Opportunities by Ms. Naila Kabeer, SPA | PDF |
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| Combating poverty and inequality: The role of social policies by Ms. Sarah Cook, UNRISD | PDF |
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| Policy directions for social protection in Asia by Mr. Jorge Carrillo Rodriguez | PDF |
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| UNRISD Combating Poverty and Inequality: Structural change, social policy and politics by Ms. Sarah Cook | PDF |
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| Mahatma Gandhi national Rural Employment Guarantee Scheme (NREGS) as Social Protection in India: Role of Institutions and Innovations in the Implementation Process by Mr. D. Narasimha Reddy, IHD, India | PDF |
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| Examining the MGNREGA: Women’s participation and impacts in Himachal Pradesh, Kerala and Rajasthan by Ms. Rina Bhattacharya, ISST, India | PDF |
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| Tenure Security and urban social protection links - India by Ms. Darshini Mahadevia, CEPT University, India | Presentation |
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| Housing, marginalization, and mobility in Pakistan: residential security as social protection by Mr. Haris Gazdar, CSSR, Pakistan | PDF |
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| Rural development and old age protection in the time of economic transition by Mr. Xiomei Pei, Tsinghua University, China | PDF |
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| The impact of natural disasters on social protection systems: Evidence from the Wenchuan Earthquake in China by Mr. Miguel A. Salazar, Beijing Normal University, China | PDF |
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| Social Protection in the Context of the 2008 Wenchuan Earthquake: The double-identity of local cadres and organizational resilience by Mr. Wang Xinsong, Beijing Normal University, China | PDF |
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| Designing social protection for rural-urban migrants in China: the challenge of mobility by Mr. Yu Zhu, Fujian Normal University, China | PDF |
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| Addressing informality in the workforce: Migrant workers in Vietnam by Mr. Le Bach Duong, ISDS, Vietnam | PDF |
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| New pathways for the Poorest: The graduation model from BRAC by Mr. Syed M. Hashemi, BRAC Development Institute, Bangladesh | PDF |
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| CCT and the Dynamics of Intra-household Gender Relation: Notes from Indonesia by Mr. Muhammad Syukri, SMERU Research Institute, Indonesia | PDF |
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| Social Protection Floor: Thailand experience by Ms. Worawan Chandoevwit, TDRI, Thailand | PDF |