1. DFID's Support to Social Protection in Developing Countries, 2011-15 Paul Wafer, Poverty and Vulnerability Team Leader ‘Show & Tell event’, Bonn, May 2011 p-wafer@dfid.gov.uk

2. What’s new (Headlines): A new public commitment to help more than 6 million of the world’s poorest people with cash transfers (by 2015) Expanded bilateral programmes – live and planned engagements in 16 countries Cash Transfers Evidence Paper – published April 2011 Continued investments in research on social protection

3. Bilateral Country Programming Continued/existing programmes: Bangladesh, Pakistan; Yemen, Occupied Palestinian Territories Ethiopia, Kenya, Mozambique, Rwanda, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe New programmes: South Sudan, Ghana, Nigeria, possibly DRC; India

4. Cash Transfers Evidence Paper 2011 Updating DFID’s 2005 ‘emerging policy paper’ on social transfers – completed in-house Very specifically about cash transfers, not the broader field of social protection Feedback please! http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/cash- transfers-evidence-paper.pdf http://www.dfid.gov.uk/Documents/publications1/cash- transfers-evidence-paper.pdf

5. Evidence Paper Structure Introduction Evidence for impact on a range of development objectives Evidence on the value of alternative design and implementation options Evidence on affordability, cost-effectiveness and financing Summary of research gaps and strategic priorities for building the evidence base Recommendations for DFID actions

6. Research and Evidence Generation Systematic Reviews 7 studies relevant to social protection; 4 complete or close to completion Research Programme Consortia Effective States and Inclusive Development: Building stronger evidence on the political dynamics of pro-poor development Livelihoods, social protection and basic services in fragile and conflict-affected situations Other initiatives Thematic window for impact evaluation on social protection FAO/UNICEF: From Protection to Production: the economic impacts of cash transfers. Future Agricultures Consortium: Theme on growth and social protection

7. Poverty and Vulnerability Team In DFID’s newly formed Growth and Resilience Department, Policy Division Covering social protection and cash transfers, inequality, economic empowerment of women and girls, inclusive growth, post-MDGs (..!) Sub-team of 4 working on social protection: Paul Wafer, Tim Conway, Matthew Greenslade, vacancy

8. Reflections for discussion – 4 key issues 1.Scaling up in LICs – a different agenda from MICs? 2.Building political coalitions for social protection in-country – getting better at political economy? http://www.oxfamblogs.org/fp2p/?p=5128 3.The resilience agenda – links to climate change adaptation (and new external financing?) 4.Resourcing: new revenue sources (‘oil2cash’), alternatives to subsidies – how to encourage progressive choices?