Thus, a well-designed social protection architecture should not be seen as charity, but a key engine for economic growth. Thus, improving wages and incomes of the poor, through social protection, can have large positive multiplier effects on the economy. Driving economic growthIn addition to protecting the vulnerable, a stronger social protection architecture will build the platform for a broader economic recovery. Thus, the appropriate policy response to the migrant crisis is to build a stronger social protection architecture that is nationally portable. An IGD-led nationally-portable social protection architecture will do exactly this.

Source: Hindustan Times June 10, 2020 01:30 UTC