WHAT WE DO
Inclusive Social Protection
Supporting disability inclusion through better policy
Inclusive Social protection enables people with disabilities to participate on an equal basis with others. Benefits should not be tied to a presumed inability to work or seen as earnings replacement but should help cover the extra costs, goods, services, and supports required for participating in the economic and social life of their community.
CIP works to develop, promote, and implement more inclusive social protection policies. We develop methods to estimate disability-related costs and improve disability assessments, helping governments design benefits and systems that better respond to people’s support needs and expand opportunities for participation at scale.
"Social protection should enable participation, not replace it."
Our social protection research
A global study co-authored by CIP examines why disability following road traffic accidents remains poorly tracked and researched.
A review of 75 studies across 67 countries examines disability-related costs and how standard poverty measures underestimate them.
A joint CIP-ADB report on Armenia's disability assessment reform examines its shift to a rights-based, digital system.
A rapid review of social protection for people with disabilities in Indonesia finds coverage gaps and unaccounted-for extra costs.
A CIP Fellowship report on social protection for people with disabilities in Malawi finds donor-dependent programs exclude those who need them.
CIP contributed to the UN's 2024 Disability and Development Report, which finds persistent SDG gaps for persons with disabilities.
More from CIP’s social protection work
Using Vietnam data, CIP shows why employment rates reveal more about the disability employment gap, including people who stopped seeking work because of barriers.
CIP's first Disability Policy Insights brief rethinks disability social protection policy, with six recommendations for reform.
The method used to measure the extra costs of disability shapes what policymakers can see. This explainer compares the Goods and Services, Goods and Services Required, and Standard of Living approaches, and the strengths and limitations of each.