Social Policy Social Protection Strategy and Reform Roadmap Iraq

Country: Iraq       Year: 2022       Organisation: UNICEF
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Social Policy Section for establishment of institutional contract for Development of a 5-year social protection strategy for UNICEF Pakistan and entry points”

Country: Pakistan       Year: 2017       Organisation: UNICEF
EPRI supported the Social Policy section of the UNICEF Pakistan Country Office to define its comparative advantage in areas of social protection, identify entry points for strategic engagement in various… Read More →

Review of the Child Sensitive Social Protection Programme in Zambia

Country: Zambia       Year: 2021       Organisation: SCI
Save the Children Zambia has commissioned the Economic Policy Research Institute (EPRI) to conduct an endline review of the Child Sensitive Social Protection (CSSP) project in Zambia. The aim is… Read More →

Demographic dividend analysis in Zanzibar and Mainland Tanzania

Country: Tanzania       Year: 2021       Organisation: UNICEF
EPRI is working with UNICEF Tanzania, the national Government of Tanzania, as well as the Office of the Chief Government Statistician (OCGS) and the Zanzibar Planning Commission (ZPC) to conduct… Read More →

To develop a multi-year project that promotes women’s meaningdful participation and leadership at the local levels through gender-transformative and disability-inclusive social protection and care systems in Tanzania

Country: Tanzania       Year: 2021       Organisation: UNW
EPRI is working with UN Women Tanzania and the Embassy of Finland in Tanzania to develop a multi-year programme document to promote women’s meaningful participation and leadership through gender-transformative and… Read More →

Investment Case for Shock Responive Social Protection in Banagsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao (BARMM)

Country: Philippines       Year: 2021       Organisation: UNICEF
UNICEF and the FAO, under the UN Joint SDG Fund on Social Protection and the Australian Government, have been providing the Government of the Bangsamoro Autonomous Region in Muslim Mindanao… Read More →

Rapid Assessment on the Social and Economic Impact on Households with children of containmet measures for COVID-19

Country: Philippines       Year: 2020       Organisation: UNICEF
The main objective of the study was to describe the social and economic impact of the containment measures adopted by the PhilippinePhgovernment in response to COVID-19 pandemic on households with… Read More →

Assessment of COVID-19’s effects on child poverty and the efficacy of social protection response

Country: Philippines       Year: 2020       Organisation: UNICEF
Commenced in 2020, EPRI continued to work on the assessment of COVID-19’s effects on child poverty and the efficacy of the social protection response. With the objective to better understand… Read More →

Develop Social Protection Financing strategies and fiscal spaceanalyses for state governments of Kaduna, Zamfara, Jigawa and Kano

Year: 2022       Organisation: SCI
As part of the wider Educate a Child Programme (EAC) funded by the Qatar Foundation, the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) Education and Social Policy sections have been implementing the… Read More →

Scoping the evaluation of social protection programming in humanitarian situations

Country: United States       Year: 2019       Organisation: UNICEF
After an extensive scoping phase for the study, conducted in 2019, EPRI commenced the actual evaluation of UNICEF’s approach to social protection programming in emergencies, focusing on the use of… Read More →

Strengthening Social Protection in the Pacific – Nauru Social ProtectionStrategy – Social Policy Specialist (Nauru)

Country: Nauru       Year: 2021       Organisation: ADB
EPRI worked with the Asian Development Bank and the Government of Nauru, to develop a gender-responsive and socially inclusive National Social Protection Strategy (NSPS) for Nauru. The strategy lays the… Read More →

Realisation Etude De Faisabilite De cash transfer pour mettre Fin Au Mariage Des Enfants Et Adolescents

Country: Benin       Year: 2020       Organisation: UNICEF
In Benin, child marriage remains a prevalent and harmful practice, threatening the lives, wellbeing, and prospects of many young Beninese girls. Although child marriage was nationally prohibited in 2004 ,… Read More →

Evaluation of the social protection system and its reforms for children and their families

Country: Kazakhstan       Year: 2019       Organisation: UNICEF
In light of the recent reforms of the social protection system in Kazakhstan, particularly family- and child-focused policies and programmes, UNICEF Kazakhstan commissioned EPRI in 2020 to carry out an… Read More →

DRC : Etude diagnostique et conception d’un programme de protection sociale sensible aux chocs en République Démocratique du Congo (Design of a shock-responsive social protection programme)

Country: Democratic Republic of Congo       Year: 2020       Organisation: UNICEF
In 2020, the UNICEF Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) Country Office commissioned EPRI to design a shock-responsive social protection programme in the DRC, sensitive to the needs of children and… Read More →

Feasibility study to Link the Child Support Grant to Other Children Related Services

Country: South Africa       Year: 2016       Organisation: DSD
EPRI conducted a feasibility assessment and costed the linkages of the CSG in South Africa to other child-sensitive services. Read More →

Study examining progress in reducing exclusion from South Africa’s Child Support Grant

Country: South Africa       Year: 2015       Organisation: UNICEF
The aim of the study was to analyse the suitability, adequacy and appropriateness of the design of various SASSA and other departmental programmes including the Child Support Grant, Disability Grant… Read More →

Impact of HIV Sensitive Social Protection Programmes on HIV affected and infected households in Ghana, Kenya, Lesotho, Malawi and South Africa

Country: Malawi       Year: 2013       Organisation: UNICEF
EPRI explored the extent to which social protection programmes impact those who are members of HIV vulnerable households in five African countries. They are: South Africa, Lesotho, Ghana, Kenya and… Read More →

Development and delivery of a tailored Learning and Development Programme for Social Protection Practitioners in Uganda

Country: Uganda       Year: 2021       Organisation: WFP
EPRI delivered tailored and highly flexible learning and capacity development programme FOR 20 government and WFP Staff in Uganda that is (i) responsive tothe individual learning needs of participants in… Read More →

International technical assistance for the preparation and facilitation a tailor made training for Thailand Government Officials on Child Support Grant

Country: Thailand       Year: 2016       Organisation: UNICEF
Commissioned by UNICEF Thailand, EPRI has designed and was involved in an integrated impact evaluation of Thailand’s Child Support Grant. As part of the project EPRI is undertook a process… Read More →

Training for Thailand Gov Officials Child Support Grant- Impact Assessment of Thailand’s Child Support Grant

Country: Thailand       Year: 2016       Organisation: UNICEF
Commissioned by UNICEF Thailand, EPRI designed and was involved in an integrated impact evaluation of Thailand’s Child Support Grant. As part of the project, EPRI undertook a process review, impact… Read More →

SIDA International Training Programme for strengthening social protection capacity

Country: Sweden       Year: 2018       Organisation: SIDA
EPRI is facilitating a five-year international training programme (ITP) in social protection, where Cambodia is one of the 15 countries enrolled into the training. It focuses on strengthening national capacity… Read More →

SAIL- Evaluation of the Savings and Investment Linkages for the Child Support Grant in South Africa

Country: South Africa       Year: 2021       Organisation: Ford Foundation, DSD
The Savings and Investment Linkages (SAIL) pilot was a three-year study conducted using a randomised controlled trial methodology incorporating both qualitative and quantitative methods in order to generate an evidence… Read More →

Evaluation of Scaling-UP Pre-Primary Education

Country: Rwanda       Year: 2018       Organisation: UNICEF
EPRI engaged in the evaluation of the early learning and pre-primary programmes established by UNICEF and the government of Rwanda. The evaluation is designed with a mixed-method approach but primarily… Read More →

e-Learning course:Designing and Implementing Adaptive Social Protection Systems

Country: Philippines       Year: 2021       Organisation: FAO
EPRI delivered tailored knowledge sessions on designing and implementing adaptive social protection systems in Philippines for fifty-one selected government officials and UN staff to support the building of national capacities… Read More →

DIASPS September 2021 Course

Country: Norway       Year: 2021       Organisation: NRC
EPRI delivered tailored and highly flexible learning and capacity development programme for NRC staff that is (i) responsive to the individual learning needs of participants in terms of thematic focus… Read More →

RAPID ASSESSMENT OF COVID 19 Crisis impact and prospective social protection response under LTA 42409739

Country: United States       Year: 2020       Organisation: UNICEF
In the face of the accelerating COVID-19 pandemic and the resulting demand for evidence on what works (and why), UNICEF Headquarters commissioned EPRI to conduct rapid review of global social… Read More →

Evaluation of UNICEF Social Protection Response towards Universal Child Benefits

Country: United States       Year: 2021       Organisation: UNICEF
EPRI is currently conducting an evaluation of UNICEF’s approaches to universal child benefits across 21 countries at a global level. The overarching purpose of this evaluation is to contribute to… Read More →

Development of a National Social Protection Strategy for India

Country: India       Year: 2016       Organisation: UNICEF
EPRI is engaged in a long-term agreement with UNICEF India to support the development of its National Social Protection Strategy. Since 2016, as part of this project, EPRI has developed… Read More →

Design and deliver a tailor-made learning and capacitydevelopment programme for WFP regional staff on social protection

Country: Latin America & Caribbean       Year: 2021       Organisation: WFP
EPRI is delivering a needs-responsive, relevant, and tailored learning and development programme for WFP staff in Latin America and the Caribbean, considering WFP’s regional strategic objectives. Supporting countries in establishing… Read More →

Design and Delivery of an e-learning Social Protection Training

Country: Kenya       Year: 2021       Organisation: WFP
EPRI conducted an innovative, tailored learning and development programme for 39 World Food Programme (WFP) staff across the East Africa region representing the first of its kind conducted for WFP… Read More →

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