Women are disproportionately affected by climate change. We need stronger systems, inclusive approaches and data-driven planning to minimize climate-induced disruptions to women’s health and care. Read more: https://t.co/VRFqTVHhnc #WD2023#GenderEquality#Sponsored by @Accenture
2/3 ⛈️🏜️"The combination of DRF & ASP allows governments to reach & support the most vulnerable both during ordinary times & when a climate-related shock occurs", write the authors Mulder Mkutumula, @MalawiGovt; Evie Calcutt (📽️), @chiponoskoM & @a_campero_p, @worldbank.
Existing plans designed to provide old age income security are struggling with low take-up, high administrative costs & high rates of withdrawals. This necessitates creative ways of targeting those in informal sector. - Yulia Smolyar, Senior SP specialist, World Bank.
#SPCke2023
#SPCke2023 Joint Call to action
We call on the Government to:
5. Incentivise private sector players to support SP system
6. Promote use of the Enhanced Single Registry to build linkages to other MISs - Shaheen Nilofer, Country Rep @UNICEFKenya
President @WilliamsRuto while opening the Kenya Social Protection Conference 2023 highlighted key issues in the social protection sector among them cash transfers, universal health coverage, social security fund and school feeding programs.
#SPCKe2023#SPCKeDay2@LabourSPKE
Kenya has been a pioneer in social assistance in the region.
Cash transfer for Orphans and hunger safety net were among the first within the region.
~ Keetie Roelen @KeetieRoelen Senior Research Fellow, Centre for the Study of Global Development
#SPCKeDay2
Kenya will convene the 3rd Social Protection Conference from 3rd-6th Apr 2023.
SPC 2023 theme is 'Accelerating Inclusive and Integrated Social Protection System in Kenya: Strategies for Expansion of Coverage and Improved Shock Responsiveness'
Register: https://t.co/xXG2sCc1qp
Important paper on unintended negative effects of particular designs of #cashtransfers in #Ecuador: people's uncertainty on eligibility criteria, large benefit size & preference for short-term cash can create perverse incentives to remain poor.
Mora et al
https://t.co/R6jOyUYvXE
Drought, digital innovation, and money: How the hunger safety net cash transfer programme has transformed access to financial services in the arid lands of Kenya
https://t.co/FVt2NJXldn
#SocialProtectionKE#InclusiveFinance
🗓️17 May | 🕒15h00 CEST
Public data about people profiles and behaviors is available across Africa but only a few are using it to develop financial products & services for low-income people and boost #financialinclusion.
Join us next week to learn how!
https://t.co/ZSFWwP7WUX
Meet the #Scale2Save team on site at our knowledge sharing event in Kampala. We wholeheartedly thank our partners, speakers and participants for a fruitful and positive experience. Scale2Save is @WSBI_ESBG programme for #financialinclusion, a partnership with the @MastercardFdn.
Every stakeholder in the financial ecosystem has a role in closing the #financialinclusion gap but reaching a viable business model for small balance savings is often challenging. How to achieve sustainability #Scale2Save@MastercardFdn KPOSB and @BracugandaI@Githachuri
Earlier, Mr. Charles Kabanda our General Manager Retail, and Microfinance was part of a discussion at the World Savings Banks Insititute workshop ongoing at the Serena Hotel. He focused on the role of new innovations like CenteMobile in bridging the financial inclusion gap