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Social assistance

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Our work has demonstrated that vulnerability of populations can be reduced by enhancing aspects of social assistance spending such as its adequacy, equity and allocative and technical efficiency.

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    Kenya’s social and child protection system put under gender lens

    Genesis was contracted by UNICEF to conduct a gender assessment of selected social protection and child protection interventions and systems in Kenya.

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    Focus on public finance for children programme in Iraq

    Genesis was contracted by Oxford Policy Management to prepare for and facilitate a workshop for UNICEF Iraq’s Public Finance for Children (PF4C) Leadership Programme.

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    Transforming futures with child-sensitive social safeguards

    Genesis was contracted by Save the Children to complete five investment cases – in Malawi, Somalia, Somaliland, Uganda and Zambia – that examined the cost-effectiveness of investing in child-sensitive social protection (CSSP).

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