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Social Protection, Covid-19, and Building Back Better

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dc.creator Lind, Jeremy
dc.creator Roelen, Keetie
dc.creator Sabates-Wheeler, Rachel
dc.date 2021-03-23T16:14:21Z
dc.date 2021-03-23T16:14:21Z
dc.date 2021-03-23
dc.date.accessioned 2022-05-26T08:44:35Z
dc.date.available 2022-05-26T08:44:35Z
dc.identifier Lind,J., Roelen, K., and Sabates-Wheeler, R. (2021) 'Social Protection, Covid-19, and Building Back Better' in Taylor, P. and McCarthy, M. (Eds) Building a Better World: The Crisis and Opportunity of Covid-19, IDS Bulletin 52.1, Brighton: IDS
dc.identifier https://opendocs.ids.ac.uk/opendocs/handle/20.500.12413/16508
dc.identifier Directorate and Development Office
dc.identifier 10.19088/1968-2021.105
dc.identifier.uri http://localhost:8080/xmlui/handle/CUHPOERS/198347
dc.description The Covid-19 pandemic has brought sweeping changes for economies and societies, with the most devastating consequences for individuals and groups with pre-existing vulnerabilities. As attention shifts from addressing urgent humanitarian needs to long-term response, it is time to thin about the role of social protection as part of a longer-term solution to living with Covid-19, as well as supporting efforts to build back better. This article considers how social protection can offer support and be supported in short‑, medium-, and long-term responses, under different scenarios for how the pandemic might unfold. Based on a secondary literature review, we argue that planning must anticipate the possibility of an enduring pandemic and that the expansion of social protection should not be limited to a short-term response. Rather, Covid-19 presents a necessity and opportunity to establish firm foundations for more comprehensive social protection systems for years to come, including leveraging greater domestic expenditure and international assistance.
dc.description Irish Aid
dc.language en
dc.publisher Institute of Development Studies
dc.relation IDS Bulletin;52.1
dc.rights This is an Open Access article distributed under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial 4.0 International licence (CC BY-NC), which permits use, distribution and reproduction in any medium, provided the original authors and source are credited, any modifications or adaptations are indicated, and the work is not used for commercial purposes. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/legalcode
dc.rights http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/
dc.rights Institute of Development Studies
dc.subject Health
dc.subject Social Protection
dc.title Social Protection, Covid-19, and Building Back Better
dc.type Article


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