Social protection strategies in response to crises the Philippine experience

This article explains how the Philippine financial, economic and environmental crises provided the impetus for the development and refinement of an operational framework on social protection for the country. It defines and and identifies risks as well as the corresponding social protection response...

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Published in:Philippine Journal of Social Development Vol. 4 (2012), 1-40
Main Author: Almazan, Rainier V.
Other Authors: Hega, Mylene D., Ofreneo, Rosalinda Pineda
Resource Type: Article
Published: 2012
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