An introduction: FAO’s social protection response to COVID-19

This video explores FAO’s social protection response to COVID-19 with a special focus on reducing poverty in rural areas. Economist and special protection specialist, Garima Bhalla, walks us through the effects of COVID-19 on the rural poor and illustrates how social protection holds the key to providing immediate relief and to building rural areas “back up” and “better” than they were prior to the pandemic, notably through four social protection functions that strive to protect, prevent, promote and transform rural areas. This video wraps up on a practical note with four sound recommendations governments and partners can adopt to better respond to the crisis and to achieve sustainable economic development from here onwards.
Duration 17M19S.