Islamabad, January 11, 2022 (PPI-OT):Special Assistant on Poverty Alleviation and Social Protection Dr. Sania Nishtar briefed the Heads of Diplomatic Missions in Islamabad on the “Declaration on Establishing a Global Social Protection Knowledge Platform.” The Declaration is being steered by Pakistan in New York, in collaboration with a “Group of Friends on Social Protection” including Costa Rica, Nigeria and Turkey and supported by the World Bank.
She said the countries with robust social protection systems, including Pakistan, were able to contain the fallout of the pandemic better than other nations. She said in order to benefit from each other’s experiences and share best practices, there is a need to fill the knowledge gap in the global social protection landscape.
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