Interested applicants are encouraged to put in their bids on or before 12:00 noon on January 27, 2023. Find out more here bit.ly/3QkmNpe #WeAreAERC #AERCImpact

📢 Read this new academic report - "An empirically driven theory of poverty reduction" - on CEDIL's website here ⬇️ cedilprogramme.org/publications/e… Report by Sudhanshu Handa (Sudhanshu Handa), Zhiyuan Liu, Gelson Tembo, Clement Adamba, and Peter Mvula

Accelerating progress on eliminating child poverty requires making children living in poverty, visible; understanding their characteristics, needs and potential. Systematic monitoring and measurement is essential to accelerate progress around SDG1 targets. UNICEF Social Policy

To achieve the #SDGs we need 🫱🏾‍🫲🏿More integration in development policy & practice 🌍 A better understanding of local contexts 💖 To focus on equity to ensure that no one is left behind In our 🆕 #blog, researcher fkotchere shares reflections on a mission to #Ghana🇬🇭

Happening now!! @INFFplatform International Budget Partnership

Are social and economic policies and programmes impactful? The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill @aercafrica & UNICEF Innocenti are hosting a workshop to provide hands-on training on the concepts, design & techniques of programme impact evaluation 📅19 May Transfer Project fkotchere Sudhanshu Handa

One more week to go with the applications...

[job] Fantastic opportunity Chief Social Policy, P-4, Phnom Penh, UNICEF Cambodia Working on a) Child poverty research and policy (b) Social protection (c) Public Finance (d) Governance, decentralisation UNICEF Cambodia UNICEF Social Policy UNICEF East Asia Pacific jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/5608…

Join our exciting UNICEF Social Policy team in UNICEF Cambodia as Chief of Social Policy. Critical and urgent agenda on Child poverty, social protection and public finance! Andrea Rossi jobs.unicef.org/en-us/job/5608…

Turns out that #cashtransfers given to homeless veterans not only are spent wisely, but actually reduce alcohol and drug consumption. (But the opposite is found among people affected by psychosis). Tsai et al ps.psychiatryonline.org/doi/epdf/10.11…

Come and join us to lead Impact Evaluations at WFP! You will be part of a dynamic team working on a vibrant agenda including anticipatory action, adaptive SP, nutrition and more! Apply before June 16! WFP Evaluation career5.successfactors.eu/sfcareer/jobre…

Interested in leading critical analyses on the situation of children and families in Myanmar and support research on social protection and humanitarian cash assistance? Join the vibrant UNICEF Social Policy team in UNICEF Myanmar as Social Policy Specialist! jobs.unicef.org/cw/en-us/job/5…

📢 Exciting News! 🎉 The Transfer Project Workshop is back in Nairobi, Kenya June 21-23. Follow us for live insights from the event on #cashtransfers, #equity, #resilience, and more. #TPNairobi23 UNICEF Innocenti FAO Social & Economic Development UNICEF Africa FAO in Africa

When & how much money is spent on children is critical to their development. How can governments optimize public policy for children? 💲Spend more on the youngest 🌏Make child benefits universal 👐Use foreign assistance to promote local spending on #SocialProtection Read more⬇

What's fkotchere's take away message after all that number crunching? 👉🏾 The cost of *not* investing in social protection is high 👈🏾 You heard it folks ~ social protection is an investment, not a cost 👀 #TPNairobi23

Deadline for application is tomorrow!!! Apply now!

🆕 pub in World Development led by Monica Lambon- Quayefio [Transfer Project fellow] Punchline --> Youth in ultra-poor HHs receiving unconditional $$ over 3⃣ yrs showed ⬆️ in domains of: education, physical health, mental health & SRH Mini 🧵/ doi.org/10.1016/j.worl…

Curious about ‘what works, how, and why’ when it comes to social protection and gender equality? Join us on 16 July to learn more about the top findings from the Gender Responsive and Age Sensitive Social Protection (GRASSP) Research Programme: uni.cf/4cRh83V

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1/4 On this International Women’s Day, let’s talk about rights and #SocialProtection. Across the world, women face greater economic insecurity, higher risks of poverty, and unequal access to opportunities. 🧵