Over the past decade, the International Labour Organization has helped countries expand social protection through its Global Flagship Programme on Building Social Protection Floors for All.
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There is ample research showing that growth-oriented strategies accompanied by redistribution policies are the most promising path to recovery across the Global South. Rather than imposing cookie-cutter austerity programs, the International Monetary Fund should be following the evidence.
Escaping the IMF Austerity Trap by Kevin P. Gallagher & Njūgūna S. Ndūng’ū – Project Syndicate
This is an updated version of the Call, which has been endorsed by more than 200 civil society organizations in September 2020. The revision is made in light of new political developments through April 2026.
As Europe faces mounting global challenges, its distinctive social framework may hold the answer to achieving both economic competitiveness and social cohesion.
This idea, that Global Social Justice has been promoting for years, should get full attention at the second World Social Summit in November!
Part 1 of this blog – available at the Development Pathways website – argued that the World Bank’s long-term advocacy of poverty targeted schemes as the basis for the tax-financed side of social protection systems contradicts messages from its own research. This blog argues that the World Bank’s promotion of social registries also contradicts the organisation’s own research, this time into the COVID-19 pandemic.
The International Council on Social Welfare has prepared a Manifesto—a forward-looking policy document to be submitted to the Second World Social Summit. This comprehensive statement, focused on improving people’s well-being, reflects a wide range of perspectives from ICSW members on key issues featured in the Global Social Agenda.
Towards Equity and Empowerment: ICSW’s Blueprint for the Global Social Agenda
On June 5th, Development Pathways helped organise a British Expertise International webinar on the ‘Intersection of Climate Change and Social Security’.
Webinar: Intersection of Climate Change and Social Security – Development Pathways
This blog argues that the World
Bank’s promotion of social registries also contradicts the organisation’s own research, this time into
the COVID-19 pandemic.
2025-0603-blog-WorldBank-State-of-Social-Protection-Report-2025-Part2-mg.pdf
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