Policy Lessons on Social Protection
Several circumstances make women more vulnerable to economic shocks than men. Women are more likely than men to be out of the labor force due to care responsibilities. When they work, women are more likely to have low-paying jobs in the informal sector. Moreover, women have lower access to financial services and other strategies to mitigate shocks. Social protection systems can enable women to cope with and adapt to economic shocks. In particular, adaptive social protection systems can help identify the differential needs of women to prepare support mechanisms and build the resilience of poor and vulnerable households before, during, and after large shocks like the COVID-19 pandemic occur. The GIL Federation is generating rigorous evidence around the world to understand what works, and what does not, in supporting women with social protection interventions. This note presents evidence on four key findings based on impact evaluations.
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| Format: | Brief biblioteca |
| Language: | English en_US |
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World Bank, Washington, DC
2023-02-15T15:44:29Z
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| Subjects: | SOCIAL PROTECTION, WOMEN, ECONOMIC SHOCKS, VULNERABILITY, GENDER INNOVATION LAB, |
| Online Access: | http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/099607201252324829/IDU0526a849d0c74a04d3c0aeb504737f50978c7 http://hdl.handle.net/10986/39433 |
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