Social Sectors

Social Sectors

Since the late 1990s there has been shift in the way foreign aid is intended to be distributed to the social sectors, moving from traditional forms of project aid towards more comprehensive instruments of development assistance, including public-private partnerships, and international financing mechanisms.

© UN Photo/Martine Perret

Videos of the ReCom results meeting: Aid and the Social Sectors.

UNU-WIDER / Apr 2013
© UN Photo/Tim McKulka

More than 150 people gathered for the whole-day event at Sida, the Swedish donor agency, and even more followed the proceedings live; students, aca...

CARL-GUSTAV LINDÉN / Mar 2013
© UN Photo/Martine Perret

The share of aid to social sectors has grown over the past 20 years. Evidence shows clear links between support to these sectors and poverty reduct...

UNU-WIDER / Mar 2013
© UN Photo/Martine Perret

In this interview Professor Armando Barrientos from the University of Manchester explains why the use of social protection is increasing and highli...

Armando Barrientos, Professor, Universit
© UN Photo/Paul Banks

At the ReCom meeting evaluating the results on aid and social sectors, speakers were asked the question; what role are results-based approaches pla...

UNU-WIDER / Mar 2013
© Julio Pantoja / World Bank

Nutritional measures taken during early childhood and school years can maximize developmental potential and lifelong health.

UNU-WIDER / Mar 2013

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