In a Glance: Social Protection to Safeguard Citizens against Vulnerabilities

Mridusmita Bordoloi , Madhur Sharma
(2022)

Social Protection includes policies and programmes implemented to prevent, manage and overcome adverse conditions and challenges that lead to vulnerability or loss of well-being.

Different social protection frameworks may have different focal points, for example, reducing poverty, work-related distress, or long-term effects of exclusion, but share a synchronous goal of improving living conditions and reducing vulnerability.