Comprehensive Social Policy : Fighting Poverty through investing in Social Protection

This is the report of the international conference 'Comprehensive Social Policies - Fighting Poverty through Investing in Social Protection', held at Norad on 20 November 2007.

The purpose of the conference was two-fold: to contribute to knowledge sharing and critical debate about a topic that is gaining increased interest internationally and to assess the implications of the role of social protection for the national and international development agenda, aiming to arrive at recommendations for the way ahead.