December 8, 2025
Mobile Registration Vans: Reaching the Unreachable After Disaster
When cloudbursts devastated parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, many families lost not only their homes but also their identity documents and access to social protection systems. With support from German Development Cooperation to strengthen Pakistan’s adaptive social protection, Benazir Income Support Programme’s Mobile Registration Vans travelled into cut-off villages to provide on-the-spot registration and ensure that even the most isolated households could reconnect with government support.
November 20, 2025
Germany–Pakistan Cooperation Powers a New Era of Social Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The piece highlights how the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with support from the German Government through GIZ, is transitioning from fragmented welfare schemes to a more coherent and inclusive social protection system. It also captures the voices of key government officials who contributed to shaping the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Social Protection Strategy 2025–2030.
November 20, 2025
Cambodia leads the way: Bringing social protection into the core of climate action
Inclusive social protection systems that can anticipate risks, adapt to change, and respond swiftly in times of crisis are among the most effective investments in climate resilience. As the first country to comprehensively integrate social protection into its national climate commitments, Cambodia is charting a path toward climate action that puts people at the forefront
September 15, 2025
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the Edge: Navigating Disaster Risks & the Need for Adaptive Social Protection
Khyber Pakhtunkhwa faces escalating climate risks — from glacial lake outburst floods to cloudbursts and landslides — that strike with increasing frequency and severity. This article explores how stronger disaster risk management and adaptive social protection can help the province safeguard vulnerable communities and break the cycle of loss.
May 13, 2025
Breaking Data Silos: How Digital Transformation is Revolutionising Social Protection in Pakistan
Watch how digital transformation and real-time data are enabling faster, smarter, and more inclusive social protection across Pakistan.
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Closing the gaps in access to social protection for vulnerable populations
Social protection can be a powerful tool to reduce inequality and to promote social inclusion. But all too often, social protection systems themselves mirror patterns of discrimination and disadvantage which exist in the wider society. Although social protection is a human right, approximately half of the world’s population is not effectively protected. This lack of protection is not equally distributed: older people, persons with severe disabilities, people living with HIV, members of indigenous groups, and migrant workers are among the population groups which face particular barriers to accessing social protection.
Germany works closely with partner governments to extend social protection coverage, with a particular focus on the inclusion of poor and vulnerable groups. This page provides insights into German-supported interventions which advance the design and implementation of inclusive social protection systems.
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Mobile Registration Vans: Reaching the Unreachable After Disaster
When cloudbursts devastated parts of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa in Pakistan, many families lost not only their homes but also their identity documents and access to social protection systems. With support from German Development Cooperation to strengthen Pakistan’s adaptive social protection, Benazir Income Support Programme’s Mobile Registration Vans travelled into cut-off villages to provide on-the-spot registration and…
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Germany–Pakistan Cooperation Powers a New Era of Social Protection in Khyber Pakhtunkhwa
The piece highlights how the Government of Khyber Pakhtunkhwa, with support from the German Government through GIZ, is transitioning from fragmented welfare schemes to a more coherent and inclusive social protection system. It also captures the voices of key government officials who contributed to shaping the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa Social Protection Strategy 2025–2030.
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Cambodia leads the way: Bringing social protection into the core of climate action
Inclusive social protection systems that can anticipate risks, adapt to change, and respond swiftly in times of crisis are among the most effective investments in climate resilience. As the first country to comprehensively integrate social protection into its national climate commitments, Cambodia is charting a path toward climate action that puts people at the forefront
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Leave no one behind
Insights from Cambodia’s national poverty identification system