Staar Evidence Digest

Evidence Digest February 2024 01 STAAR Evidence Digest Curated by the STAAR Technical Senior Leadership Team Issue 14 | February 2024 Hello and welcome to the STAAR Evidence Digest for February 2024 The STAAR Digest is a collection of articles that our Technical Leadership Team finds interesting – related to both social protection in crises and gender-responsive social protec [...] We have curated the content by themes which relate closely to our work on STAAR and the content is by no means exhaustive. [...] However, what is perhaps most interesting is the emphasis on the plight of migrants. The report describes how many migrants lacked access to social protection during COVID-19 lockdowns, and notes that assistance to forcibly displaced populations is complex socially and politically for national governments. The paper is a salient reminder of the significant challenges that migration poses for s [...] » A recent journal article uses a World Bank COVID-19 national longitudinal baseline phone survey to examine the impact of COVID-19 on poor and vulnerable households in Nigeria. [...] The authors find that social protection aids in the development of household resilience to shocks and the prevention of future shocks, and that social protection is a significant driver of food security in Nigeria. [...] The toolkit has been designed to help governments better prepare for and respond to crises, without trading off between their development priorities and emergency financing needs. Social protection & humanitarian linkages in Ukraine » A recent report published by STAAR presents an updated analysis of the Unified Information System of the Social Sphere (UISSS). [...] The blog series is based on the report published by STAAR. [...] The 4-part series shares highlights from the full report and sheds light on how these strategic developments are promoting the inclusivity, responsiveness and resilience of Ukraine’s social safety net. [...] an assessment of the entire national social protection system to identify entry points and bottlenecks in the design and operations of cash programmes or development of procedures for how to leverage the social protection system) and coordination (e.g. [...] Moreover, an analysis will be conducted as part of the study, to probe how to encourage more investment and use of government social protection systems, from development, climate-related and humanitarian sources.Evidence Digest February 2024 04 The assignment will consider: • The duplication between humanitarian and development financing for social protection systems • The su