rural world

India: Farmers pension scheme: PM to launch farmers pension scheme

Submitted by pmassetti on Tue, 09/10/2019 - 16:40

indiatimes.com (06.09.2019) Prime Minister Narendra Modi will launch the farmers’ pension scheme Pradhan Mantri Kisan Maan-Dhan Yojana (PM-KMY) from Ranchi on September 12 with a subscriber base of more than one million.

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india
Global challenges
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Social assistance
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[Report] Boosting growth to end hunger by 2025: The Role of Social Protection

Submitted by massetti on Tue, 11/20/2018 - 11:23

resakss.org (2018) Social protection initiatives in Africa increasingly aim to institutionalize systems that guarantee assistance for the poor and protect the vulnerable against livelihood risks. Through direct and indirect income effects, social protection programs can also play an instrumental role in promoting agricultural development and, more broadly, economic growth. Two major trends will determine the future demand for social protection in African countries.

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Africa
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Vers un décollage des systèmes d’information santé et de l’e-santé en Afrique de l’Ouest

Submitted by -filhon on Tue, 12/05/2017 - 10:54

theconversation.com (23.11.2017) L’objet de cet article est de faire le point sur le décollage – encore balbutiant mais déjà notable – des systèmes d’information orientés santé (SIS) – parfois nommés e-santé – qui se déploient en Afrique de l’Ouest. Il sera donc question des SIS, de leurs caractéristiques, de leurs diversités et de leur contextualisation. 

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Africa
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Health
Data management
Technological transition
Extension of coverage
Service quality
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[Report] The impacts of combining agricultural and social protection interventions

Submitted by monitor on Tue, 06/27/2017 - 16:26

FAO (2017) This is the policy brief drawn from a longer review that analyses and summarizes impact evaluation findings that focus on the interaction between agricultural interventions (including rural extension services, rural development, natural resource management, access to markets, subsidized credit, investment grants, access to improved seeds and fertilizer subsidies), and social protection interventions, with specific attention to social assistance such as cash transfers and public works.

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Extension of coverage

Algérie: Augmenter le volume de l’assiette des cotisants potentiels de la filière, un challenge à relever

Submitted by monitor on Mon, 07/11/2016 - 15:05

El Watan (11.07.2016) Enraciner profondément la culture de la sécurité sociale chez les travailleurs de la terre et rendre tous les actifs du monde agricole moins étanches à l’acte de se déclarer et de cotiser est un challenge majeur que la Caisse nationale de sécurité sociale des non-salariés (Casnos) entend relever.

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algeria
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Extension of coverage

The Right to Employment and Social Protection in Rural Settings: The example of the Indian MGNREGA

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 05/13/2016 - 15:13

socialprotection-humanrights.org (09.05.2016) The Mahatma Gandhi National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (MGNREGA) has received attention for its rights-based approach to providing social protection. It is a public employment guarantee scheme designed to provide employment and basic income security to the rural working-age population in India, as well as improve their livelihoods through the development of durable assets.

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india
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Extension of coverage
Social policies & programmes

[Report] Research on rural women’s economic empowerment and social protection The impacts of Rwanda’s Vision 2020 Umurenge Programme (VUP)

Submitted by monitor on Fri, 04/15/2016 - 14:22

eldis.org (01.01.2016) The Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nation s has started a policy-oriented research programme on Social Protection and Rural Women’s Economic Empowerment which aims to:
- gain a better understanding of how social protection policies and programmes can promote rural women’s empowerment as a strategy for rural poverty reduction
- identify good practices in social protection policies and programmes to ensure that both women and men have access to social protection benefits; and

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rwanda
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Extension of coverage
Inequalities

[Report] Can Social Protection Increase Resilience to Climate Change? A Case Study of Oportunidades in Rural Yucatan, Mexico

Submitted by monitor on Wed, 04/13/2016 - 15:03

ids.ac.uk (13.04.2016) This paper examines the linkages between social protection and resilience to climate change among poor rural households. To date there is a very limited understanding of the potential role of social protection programmes in contributing to an increase in resilience of the rural poor with respect to climate change.

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mexico
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Extension of coverage
Shocks & extreme events

[Report] Strengthening Coherence between Agriculture and Social Protection to Combat Poverty and Hunger in Africa: Framework for Analysis and Action

Submitted by monitor on Mon, 04/11/2016 - 15:01

fao.org (11.04.2016) Strengthening Coherence between Agriculture and Social Protection to Combat Poverty and Hunger in Africa: Framework for Analysis and Action

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Africa
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Extension of coverage
Social policies & programmes
Inequalities