Module info

By the end of the module, students should be able to:

• Critically assess the main conceptual frameworks and measurements used to analyse food security and nutrition
• Compare major approaches and instruments used for social protection in low- and middle-income countries, including their (cost-)effectiveness in tackling poverty, food insecurity and malnutrition
• Critically examine major design and implementation challenges in social protection programmes, including targeting methods and benefit setting, information systems and payment mechanisms
• Explain how history, political actors and social and economic factors affect the scope, characteristics and support for social protection
• Critically examine the main approaches that have been taken to promote the four main aspects of short- and long-term food security (availability, access, utilisation and stability), including the role of social protection interventions
• Discuss future directions for social protection in low- and middle-income countries, including strategies for achieving greater coherence with policies for food security and nutrition.