Mm-hmm

... as well as their productivity and their participation in markets.

And we found that they invest also on their off-farm activities, and all of this generates more economic activity in the economies that they live in.

Because if I receive a cash transfer and I use this to purchase food from the local retailer, who then purchases ri- additional rice from the rice producer, and agri- and that producer purchases inputs from another retailer in the local economy, that generates economic activity.

But even countries that are, uh... have much fewer resources, let's say, uh, and much less state capacity or, you know, much lower level of, of, you know, GDP per capita, have been able to implement very important programs, like Ethiopia has had very important now historical programs, uh, with large numbers of beneficiaries, um, uh, again, targeted focusly in the, in the agricultural sector.

And now the new, the new area of explo-exploration is the role of social protection in climate change, climate adaptation, um, and you're seeing innovations around this, some of the... which I mentioned earlier, but also they're raising questions in terms of how many, how much can we expect from social protection.

You know, it's being used as a tool for many different objectives around poverty reduction, women's equality, uh, disability, now also climate change-

Mm-hmm

... as well as their productivity and their participation in markets.

And we found that they invest also on their off-farm activities, and all of this generates more economic activity in the economies that they live in.

Because if I receive a cash transfer and I use this to purchase food from the local retailer, who then purchases ri- additional rice from the rice producer, and agri- and that producer purchases inputs from another retailer in the local economy, that generates economic activity.

But even countries that are, uh... have much fewer resources, let's say, uh, and much less state capacity or, you know, much lower level of, of, you know, GDP per capita, have been able to implement very important programs, like Ethiopia has had very important now historical programs, uh, with large numbers of beneficiaries, um, uh, again, targeted focusly in the, in the agricultural sector.

And now the new, the new area of explo-exploration is the role of social protection, climate change, climate adaptation, um, and you're seeing innovations around this, some of the... which I mentioned earlier, but also they're raising questions in terms of how many, how much can we expect from social protection.

You know, it's being used as a tool for many different objectives around poverty reduction, women's equality, uh, disability, now also climate change-