Social protection, redistribution and development cooperation: piecing the puzzle together
The executive seminar “Social protection, redistribution and development cooperation: piecing the puzzle together” organized by HIVA-KU Leuven on 6 March 2017 adressed the questions raised. Katja Bender of IZNE at the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences brought a stirring overview of insights in the political economy of social protection. Sarah Vaes of HIVA-KU Leuven presented BeFinD-research on redistribution in social protection reforms in Morocco and Senegal. In further discussions, the participants, representing NGOs, mutual health organizations, trade unions, the Belgian development agency and department of foreign affairs, confirmed the relevance of these issues as well as the need to further explore implications for development cooperation.