Social policy

The EU and UNICEF launched a partnership to establish the Public Finance Facility (PFF) in South and Southeast Asia to support the best possible use of public social sectors’ budgets. The four-year initiative covers seven countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, and Bangladesh, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka in South Asia., Challenges, Government budgets are the most important public policy instruments for the realization of the rights and well-being of children, as stipulated in the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC). The decisions governments make about how to fund social services are critical to the equitable development of children. If allocations are insufficient,…, Solution, To respond to the challenges, the EU and UNICEF launched a partnership in 2019 to establish the Public Finance Facility (PFF) in South and Southeast Asia to support the best possible use of public social sectors’ budgets. The four-year initiative covers seven countries, Cambodia, Lao PDR and Myanmar in Southeast Asia, and Bangladesh, Nepal,…, Knowledge Products, Education Budget Brief 2021 Education Budget Brief 2020 Social Affairs Budget Brief 2021 Education Budget Brief 2022 Thematic Report on Disability in Cambodia Lao PDR In Lao PDR, the Facility focuses on PFM and advocacy on nutrition budget briefs, review and costing of the National Costed Plan for Nutrition, as well as the public investment needs…, Knowledge Products, Nutrition Budget Brief 2016-2019 Review of costing of the National Plan of Action for Nutrition 2016-2020 Nutrition Budget Brief 2020-2022 Myanmar In Myanmar, the Facility includes reviewing of the last decade social policy and budget reform process in Myanmar for the children, understanding and generating evidence of SAZ (special administrative…, Knowledge Products, Budget Brief Education 2019-2020 Budget Brief Social Welfare 2019-2020 (English Version) Rural Water Budget Brief 2018-2019 Diagnostic on the provision of social services in Myanmar Making Decentralization Work for Every Child Looking Back: Paths Towards Social and Financial Reform in Myanmar Rice porridge is served to the children at an EU…, Knowledge Products, Policy Brief on Advancing the interests of Bangladesh’s children in Covid times through the SSNPs Deconstructing Budget for 2021-22 (Child Budget Report) Policy Note - Child Budget for 2021-2022 Policy Note - Social protection allocations in the context of Covid-19 Policy Note - Scaling up of the Mother and Child Benefit Programme Policy Note -…, Knowledge Products, Budget Brief Overview of the Budget FY2022-23 Education Budget Brief 2021-2022 Health Budget Brief 2021-2022 Overview of Expenditure Allocations 2021-2022 Overview of Revenue Mobilization 2021-2022 Education Budget Brief 2020-2021 Health Budget Brief 2020-2021 Nutrition Budget Brief 20-21 Social Protection Budget Brief 20-21 Social Protection…, Knowledge Products, Budget Brief Child Protection Sector 2021 Budget Brief Education Sector 2021 Budget Brief Health Sector 2021 Budget Brief Social Assistance Sector 2021 Budget Brief Water Sanitation and Hygiene Sector 2021 Budget Brief Health Sector 2019 Budget Brief Education Sector 2019 Budget Brief Water Sanitation and Hygiene 2019 Budget Brief Sri Lanka Budget…, Knowledge Products, Where is the fiscal space for children? EU-UNICEF PFF Brochure Regional South-South Exchange 2023 in Nepal – Summary report Fact Sheet - The EU-UNICEF Public Finance Facility in South and Southeast Asia Fact Sheet - Macroeconomic outlook for South and Southeast Asia Fact Sheet – Education outlook for South and Southeast Asia Fact Sheet – Health…

Rapid economic growth has transformed the region, bringing with it remarkable social achievements. Yet, the progress has been unequal. More than 100 million children in the poorest decile alone are stunted, not immunised, deprived of quality education and other essential services. Rapid economic growth has transformed the region, yet more than 100…, Social Protection, Despite high levels of economic growth, coupled with significant poverty reduction, inequalities within and across countries in the East Asia and Pacific region are widening. An increasing number of countries are recognizing the importance of social protection as a major public policy tool for stability and continued progress in the region. UNICEF…, Public Finance for Children (PF4C), How Governments use public funds matters enormously to children. If allocations are insufficient, concentrated on better-off groups or used inefficiently, all children, and especially the most disadvantaged, lose out—as does all of society in the long term. Government public funds are by far the largest and the most strategic tool for policy…, Child Poverty & Research , Addressing child poverty is a core component of UNICEF’s social policy function. In East Asia and the Pacific, a UNICEF study showed that almost one-third of children in the region suffered from at least one form of severe deprivation. The analysis shows that the income gains in middle income countries in this region, have not necessarily…, Decentralization & Local Governance, The last decades have seen a clear trend towards decentralization across the globe, with local governments often strengthening their role in securing essential services for children.  However, local governments often do not have the resources they need to ensure children receive safe water, quality education, nutritious food, sanitation and other…, Socio-Economic Impact and Policy Responses to COVID-19 in East Asia and the Pacific, COVID Indonesia The COVID-19 pandemic is casting a long shadow in countries across the world and has quickly moved beyond a health crisis alone. The larger economic crisis generated by the containment measures is pushing millions of children and their families back into poverty; a crisis that will affect countries far into the future, even after…, Resources, Social Policy Publication Catalogue for East Asia and Pacific The Social Policy Publication Catalogue is the gateway to our collection of 77 reports, studies, and t events that UNICEF Country Offices and the Regional Office have generated/organized within 2020-2021.  The catalogue categorizes publications by countries and the four main Social…