PSP on Social Protection, Inequality & Inclusive Growth (SPRING)
SPRING is a consortium of actors keen to contribute to strengthening socio-economic resilience in Central and Eastern African economies – with a focus on DRC, Rwanda, and Uganda. Although the case studies are in Central and Eastern Africa, the work is meant to engage with broader research and policy debates on social protection and inclusive growth.
SPRING aims to reflect on the challenges of transformative social protection in an informal economy context. It aims to support the Belgian cooperation policy in the DRC, Rwanda, Uganda and beyond by
deepening the knowledge on the dynamics of the informal economy,
focusing on the promotion of labour intensive and decent work,
studying ways to increase social protection coverage and its financing, universal health coverage and social dialogue.
The team consists of partners from the University of Antwerp (Tom De Herdt, Sara Geenen), Université Libre De Bruxelles (Elisabeth Paul, Dimitri Renmans), Université Catholique de BUkavu (Francine Iragi Mukotanyi, Pacifique Mwene-Batu), Université de Liège (Marc Bourgeois) and KU Leuven (Huib Huyse).