Introduction to Social Protection
This module will introduce you to the basic concepts and frameworks related to social protection. Completing this module will help you cultivate a foundation for understanding the more complex social protection themes in the subsequent modules.
2. Introduction to Social Protection as both a Developmental and COVID-19 Response
To understand the importance of social protection in the development and now COVID-19 response discourse, please watch this engaging webinar by Dr Michael Samson that briefly explains social protection, highlights it importance and presents its role in building cognitive capital, promoting sustainable livelihoods and responding to crisis situations such as COVID-19.
Speaker(s): Dr Michael Samson, Course Convenor
Webinar Video (starts at 00h15m17s)
Supporting Resource: This policy guide by the Chronic Poverty Advisory Network makes a case for how social protection, through productive inclusion, can offer a sustainable escape from poverty. [Click here]