Proceedings from technical meeting on Social Protection as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in the Near East and North Africa Region

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Proceedings from technical meeting on Social Protection as a Tool for Poverty Reduction in the Near East and North Africa Region

29th and 30th March - Beirut, Lebanon

Year of publication 2017

Place of publication Rome, Italy ;

Pages 42 p.

Author FAO;

Publisher FAO ;

Product type Book (stand-alone)

ISBN 978-92-5-109871-4

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Synopsis (short abstract) The document follows the agenda of the workshop. It starts with a background description of the situation that has lead to the organization of the technical event. It sets the scene presenting the FAO's strategy on Rural Poverty Reduction and on Social Protection. It starts then with the policy review and the national Priorities presenting the learnings from the Republic of Egypt, the Islamic Republic of Iran and the Hashemite Kingdom of Jordan. The second part treats the expanding of Social Pro tection to Rural Areas, presenting the experiences from Leabnon and the expansion of universal health to rural areas. The second part also contains the big question of how financing Social Protection. The third part of the document presents Social Protection and its link with resilient Livelihoods and Climate Change while the last part contains evidence-based social protection cases from Latin America and the Arab region.

Language English

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