Social Protection Project Briefs

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Grant Assistance to Nepal for the Establishing Women and Children Service Centers Project, which is linked to the Gender Equality and Empowerment of Women Project. The goal of the grant project is to reduce vulnerability of women and children in five rural districts of Bara, Dhanusha, Doti, Jumla, and Rautahat where a high rate of crimes against women and children, including human trafficking, exists.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) in the People's Republic of China, which placed emphasis on inclusive growth and balanced development.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Grant Assistance to Nepal for the Strengthening of Decentralized Support for Vulnerable and Conflict-Affected Families and Children. The project aims to strengthen the government's legal framework, capacity, and decentralized effort in providing services to vulnerable groups and to pilot an effective child and family protection and support system in five conflict-affected districts - Achham, Banke, Bardiya, Rolpa, and Rukum.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) on the Improvement of Public Employment Service System in the Western Region of the People's Republic of China.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Emergency Assistance for Food Security Project in Bangladesh, which aims to to further strengthen safety net programs with an emphasis on targeting efficiency, increasing spending and expanding coverage.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) to Sri Lanka for Microinsurance Sector Development. The TA is expected to improve risk mitigation and reduce the vulnerability of the poor and low-income households in Sri Lanka by facilitating access to affordable life and general insurance products. It is primarily focused on conflict- and tsunami-affected areas to support the reconstruction of affected people.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) to India for Pension Reforms for the Unorganized Sector.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) for Rural Pension Reform and Development in the People's Republic of China, primarily aimed at establishing an effective rural pension system to provide basic old-age income protection for the rural population.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Technical Assistance (TA) programs in Thailand in support of reforms to the country's pension system.

This brief explores the Asian Development Bank's (ADB) Skills Development Project in Bangladesh, which aims to initiate reform-oriented processes of technical and vocational education and training system operations to make it more demand-driven, flexible, and oriented to serving the poor and disadvantaged.