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 CIP study on disability extra costs in India finds Tamil Nadu families pay 70-80% out of pocket for essential support.
CIP’s guide explains three methods governments can use to measure disability-related costs and design more adequate social protection benefits.
CIP’s 2020 baseline report examines why India’s first COVID-19 social protection measures reached too few persons with disabilities.
A CIP-supported report finds India’s COVID-19 social protection response barely reached persons with disabilities.
A regional report examines how COVID-19 social protection measures responded to persons with disabilities across seven South Asian countries.
CIP’s global report finds that only 60 of 181 countries referred specifically to persons with disabilities in their COVID-19 measures.
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.