Summary

This link gives access to the OECD's Development Co-operation Directorate (DCD-DAC) introduction page for the 2009 report Promoting Pro-Poor Growth - Social Protection. Prepared by the DAC Network on Poverty Reduction (POVNET), the report highlights the affordability for even the poorest countries of well-designed and well-implemented social protection programmes. It emphasizes the importance of strong, long-term political will and commitment, including the setting up of long-term donor partnerships to ensure developing countries receive the technical and financial support needed to improve or establish sound social protection programmes.