Briefing material

NOTE: This overview presents a selection of latest publications on social protection and health insurance / financing, partly digital solutions in both sectors. It does not claim to be exhaustive!

Additions and comments to this list are very welcome.

International Labour Organisation

https://socialprotection-pfm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/child-labour-and-social-protection_Nepal.pdf (Dec 2022), Child labour and social protection in Nepal, Policy Brief

 https://socialprotection-pfm.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/03/extension-informal-economy_Nepal.pdf (2023), Extending contribution-based social security schemes for workers in the informal economy and self-employed in Nepal

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-kathmandu/documents/briefingnote/wcms_823274.pdf (Oct 2021), Challenges and Opportunities Around Contribution-based Social Security in Nepal

https://www.ilo.org/wcmsp5/groups/public/---asia/---ro-bangkok/---ilo-kathmandu/documents/publication/wcms_809272.pdf (2021), Social Protection Responses to COVID-19 in Nepal-Report

 Human Rights Watch

https://www.hrw.org/node/383929/printable/print (Feb 2023), Nepal’s Social Protection System Reinforces Inequality - Expand the Child Grant; Include Informal Workers

 https://www.hrw.org/node/383650/printable/print (Dec 2022), Nepal: End Mistreatment of Urban Poor - Policies against Street Vendors, Landless People, Begging Violate Rights

UNICEF

https://www.unicef.org/nepal/media/13261/file/Social%20Protection%20-%20Budget%20Brief.pdf (Sep 2020), Social Protection - Budget Brief (Nepal)

Red Cross EU office

https://redcross.eu/projects/piloting-shock-responsive-social-protection-in-nepal-through-cash-assistance (2022), Piloting Shock Responsive Social Protection in Nepal Through Cash Assistance – Activities

The International Policy Centre for Inclusive Growth

https://ipcig.org/pub/eng/OP452_COVID_19_and_social_protection_in_South_Asia_Nepal.pdf (Sep 2020), COVID-19 and social protection in South Asia: Nepal

https://ipcig.org/sites/default/files/pub/en/OP488_Social_protection_profile_Nepal.pdf (Nov 2021), Social protection profile: Nepal

Save the children

https://resourcecentre.savethechildren.net/pdf/Review-of-access-to-social-protection-Nepal-1.pdf/ (Jan 2022), Breaking Barriers to Access Social Protection: a review of Save the Children’s approach in Nepal

World Bank

Investing in an Integrated Social Registry for Nepal (worldbank.org)

Health Research Policy and Systems

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36670433/ (2023), Evaluation of the National Health Insurance Program of Nepal: are political promises translated into actions?

Front Public Health

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36589957/ (2022), Adopting social health insurance in Nepal: A mixed study

Int J Health Plann Manage

https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/34505317/ (2022), Implementation bottlenecks of the National Health Insurance program in Nepal: Paving the path towards Universal Health Coverage: A qualitative study