Universal Social Protection – Healthy DEvelopments

Cambodia leads the way: Bringing social protection into the core of climate action

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 20 Nov 2025 09:40:40 +0000

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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Khyber Pakhtunkhwa on the Edge: Navigating Disaster Risks & the Need for Adaptive Social Protection

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 15 Sep 2025 10:21:00 +0000

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.

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A first for Senegal, as social health insurance is extended to artisans

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 24 Jun 2024 11:00:40 +0000

Informal sector workers often earn low and irregular wages, lack protection and face difficulties in accessing adequate basic services. As part of Senegal’s labour reforms, Germany is supporting a social protection pilot which could be extended to cover the whole informal sector

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The power of social protection to support displaced people

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 29 Apr 2024 07:42:21 +0000

Could inclusion in national social protection schemes be a more sustainable response to forced displacement, benefiting both host countries and people driven from their homes by complex crises?

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Thinking and working politically to realise Universal Health Coverage: Insights from Cameroonian-German cooperation

Healthy DEvelopments — Thu, 08 Feb 2024 12:57:49 +0000

Cameroon embarked on a new Universal Health Coverage journey in 2023, the foundations for which have been laid over many decades. By adopting a political economy lens, German Development Cooperation has leveraged limited resources to great effect.

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Social assistance ‘on demand’ in Cambodia

Healthy DEvelopments — Mon, 08 Aug 2022 08:58:00 +0000

Quicker and more flexible than ever, IDPoor is ready to deliver in times of shock

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How Nepal’s bold new social security system inspired a delegation from Bangladesh

Healthy DEvelopments — Wed, 09 Mar 2022 17:10:38 +0000

The comprehensive social security measures Nepal introduced for formal sector workers raised the interest of neighbouring Bangladesh, a country on the brink of reaching middle-income status. With the support of German development cooperation, a Bangladeshi delegation undertook a study tour to Nepal and this resulted in rich learnings, for both sides.

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Extending work-related social protection to informal workers in Pakistan’s Punjab province

Healthy DEvelopments — Tue, 13 Apr 2021 07:26:19 +0000

Summary of a scoping study by Martina Bergthaller

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All together now: Extending social protection in Cambodia

Healthy DEvelopments — Sat, 16 Nov 2019 20:06:00 +0000

A new National Social Protection Council convenes the right players

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Nepal’s pathway towards Universal Social Protection

Healthy DEvelopments — Fri, 26 Jul 2019 18:41:00 +0000

A conference in Kathmandu calls for integration and harmonisation of social protection schemes

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