1. 0 African Development Bank Group SOCIAL PROTECTION AND POVERTY REDUCTION Opportunities for Cooperation Sunita Pitamber Manager Tel: 00 216 71 10 2310 Email: s.pitamber@afdb.org

2. 1 BACKGROUND The Bank’s Medium Term Strategic Framework The Bank’s response to the Financial and Food Crisis Call for rapid response from regional member countries

3. 2 MANDATE Organisational Set-up Overall mandate The Social Protection division supports the overall contribution to the MDGs, through:

4. 3 THE PILLARS Expanding Opportunities: Helping the creation of good jobs; Providing Security: Assisting in better managing risks; Enhancing Equity: Improve policy and regulatory business environment;

5. 4 FRAMEWORK Design and implement projects and programs which assist vulnerable populations to better manage risks and develop their human capital in the RMCs. These programs will specifically address the following areas: Labor Market programs;

6. 5 FRAMEWORK (CONTD.) Increase household income Increased access to local and regional markets

7. 6 FRAMEWORK (CONTD.) Focus on urban development Build capacity of national institutions –Fragile States –Middle Income countries

8. 7 OPPORTUNITIES FOR COOPERATION Economic and sector work Co-financing Joint preparation and appraisal missions

9. 8 INDICATIVE LENDING PROGRAMME Labour policy reforms and regulatory environment; Entrepreneurship development; Deepening access to finance and capacity building with pilot schemes in micro insurance; Urban development and planning with pilot climate adaptation interventions; Pilot approach to affordable housing in collaboration with key partners;