Social Policy

	The Launch of Equidade para a Infância Launch of Equidade para a Infância, the new platform in Portuguese This year, several Latin American countries celebrate the bicentennial of their independence. In this context it is important to review... read more Posted on 08-26-2010

	New School - UNICEF International Conferences GPIA / UNICEF International Conferences, 2004 – 2008 Starting in 2004 the GPIA began a series of annual, international conferences in partnership with UNICEF. UNICEF provides the base funding for these... read more Posted on 06-30-2010

	Vulnerability and Resilience of the Middle Class in Latin America Summary The paper has two main objectives: First, to analyze the vulnerability of the middle sectors in Latin America in face of the neo-liberal policies implemented in the region during recent... read more Posted on 03-23-2010

	Syllabus: International Social Policy by Prof. Usha Nayar In the Fall of 2009, Usha Nayar taught a course on International Social Policy at the Graduate Program in International Affairs at the New School. The aim of this course... read more Posted on 11-22-2009

	A Global Review of New Risks and New Responses for Children and their Families Given global demographic and social trends, the need for new policy and program responses is essential. This article identifies and describes new and traditional social risks affecting children and their... read more Posted on 11-21-2009

	Introducing Basic Social Protection in Low Income Countries: Lessons from Existing Programs This paper reviews the main lessons from existing social protection programs in low income countries for the development of social protection in these countries. It is taken for granted that... read more Posted on 11-21-2009

	Maternal and Child Health: The Social Protection Divide? West and Central Africa has the highest regional child and maternal mortality rates in the world and progress towards the health-related Millennium Development Goals has been frustratingly slow. This report... read more Posted on 09-04-2009

	Promoting Synergies between Child Protection and Social Protection This report emphasizes the complex nature of child vulnerability, at different stages of childhood, and the multiple risks that children face, from economic, social, cultural, natural and political/conflict-related factors. It... read more Posted on 09-04-2009

	Fiscal Space for Strengthened Social Protection in West and Central Africa The report explores whether stronger child-focused social protection is affordable and sustainable in West and Central African countries. After discussing the concept of ‘fiscal space,’ the report provides the results... read more Posted on 09-04-2009

	Child Poverty: A Role for Cash Transfers? This report presents the international evidence on the positive impacts of cash transfers as a mechanism for reducing child poverty and vulnerability, provides information on the pilot cash transfer programs... read more Posted on 09-04-2009

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Challenges in Social Policy
Many national and international policies are oriented to tackle child deprivation and poverty issues. This is to ensure children’s development and protection. However, it is seldom that these policies have high enough priority on the policy agenda or are often...