01 May 2025
The rapid digitization of social protection systems across the Global South offers both promise and peril. Governments in countries like Brazil and Kenya are increasingly turning to algorithms and digital ID systems to streamline welfare services. While this technological shift can improve access and efficiency, it also risks reinforcing the very social and economic inequities these systems aim to address.
At the DRIF 2025 session speakers explored how digital social protection systems in Latin America and Africa are shaped by gendered surveillance, corporate influence, and gaps in governance—and outlines pathways toward just data data value creation (JDVC) and South-South and Triangular Cooperation (SSC and TrC).
Find out more in this blog.