Social protection is increasingly seen as an important tool for poverty reduction. This article develops a social protection index that systematically and consistently quantifies activities at the national level. (DSE/GIGA)

Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Contents -- Tables, Figures, and Boxes -- Foreword -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Contributors -- Overview -- 1 The Social Protection Agenda of the Sustainable Development Goals and Its Fiscal Challenge -- 2 Mongolia -- 3 Myanmar -- 4 Timor-Leste -- 5...